Ehlen Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Ehlen Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Ehlen has belonged to the following independent countries or post-1871 German states:

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Ehlen.

Another essential online gazetteer to check is the Historic Gazetteer from Compgen. For more information, see the entry for Ehlen.

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Evangelical Church Archive of Kurhessen-Waldeck in Kassel, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Archion. Archion requires a subscription. You can learn how to use Archion by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Ehlen
Church records begin in 1654.


 * 1654-1728 Church records 1654-1728 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1729-1830 Church records 1729-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1878 Baptisms 1830-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1945 Baptisms 1878-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1973 Confirmations 1831-1973 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1729-1800 Marriage banns 1729-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1837 Marriage banns 1801-1837 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1907 Marriages 1830-1907 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1907-1974 Marriages 1907-1974 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1895 Burials 1830-1895 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1895-2009 Burials 1895-2009 at Archion - images, ($)

Burghasungen
See Ehlen above for church records from 1729-1772 and marriage banns from 1729-1837.


 * 1654-1728 Church records 1654-1728 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1892 Baptisms 1830-1892 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1978 Confirmations 1831-1978 at Archion - images,($)
 * 1830-1948 Marriages 1830-1948 at Archion - images,($)
 * 1830-1950 Burials 1830-1950 at Archion - images,($)

Oelshausen
See Ehlen above for church records from 1729-1772 and marriage banns from 1729-1837.


 * 1654-1728 Church records 1654-1728 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1875 Church records 1858-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1902 Baptisms 1830-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1959 Marriages 1830-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1991 Burials 1830-1991 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ehlen began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessian Family History Association Hessian State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck