Sachsenhausen Parish (Kr. Ziegenhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Sachsenhausen 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 Sachsenhausen.

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

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
Church records begin in 1686. There is a gap in records from 1707-1709.


 * 1686-1707 Church records 1686-1707 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1709-1739 Church records 1709-1739 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1739-1769 Church records 1739-1769 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1770-1822 Church records 1770-1822 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1823-1832 Church records 1823-1832 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1870 Church records 1830-1870 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1851-1906 Church records 1851-1906 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1906-1972 Church records 1906-1972 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1969-1994 Church records 1969-1994 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1870-1993 Confirmations 1870-1993 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sachsenhausen 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