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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hochstadt 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 Hochstadt.

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

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.

Lutheran/Protestant
Church records begin in 1691.


 * 1691-1801 Church records 1691-1801 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1802-1830 Church records 1802-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1877 Baptisms 1830-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1922 Baptisms 1878-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1926 Confirmations 1831-1926 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1927-2000 Confirmations 1927-2000 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Marriages 1830-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1900-1948 Marriages 1900-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1948-1961 Marriages 1948-1961 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1894-1966 Burials 1894-1966 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1967-2000 Burials 1967-2000 at Archion - images, ($)

Reformed
Church records begin in 1662. The Reformed was united with the Lutheran records in 1824.


 * 1662-1725 Church records 1662-1725 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1726-1769 Church records 1726-1769 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1770-1822 Church records 1770-1822 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hochstadt 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