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

Guide to Kirchhain 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
Kirchhain 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 Kirchhain.

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

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 1624.

Kirchhain

 * 1624-1748 Church records 1624-1748 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1748-1774 Church records 1748-1774 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1748-1789 Church records 1748-1789 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1774-1875 Church records 1774-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1789-1810 Church records 1789-1810 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1811-1830 Church records 1811-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1893 Baptisms 1830-1893 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1894-1963 Baptisms 1894-1963 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1912-1934 Confirmations 1912-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1920-1934 Confirmations 1920-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1911 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1884-1999 Marriages 1884-1999 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1934-1992 Marriages 1934-1992 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1894-1981 Burials 1894-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 0000-0000 Family index 0000-0000 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
Church records begin in 1682.


 * 1682-1753 Church records 1682-1753 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1903 Baptisms 1830-1903 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1904-1934 Baptisms 1904-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1811-1830 Marriages and burials 1811-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Burials 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kirchhain 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