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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Dörnigheim 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 Dörnigheim.

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

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 1651.


 * 1651-1694 Church records 1651-1694 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1694-1743 Church records 1694-1743 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1744-1762 Church records 1744-1762 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1762-1830 Church records 1762-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1820-1860 Baptisms 1820-1860 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1875 Baptisms 1830-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1912 Baptisms 1876-1912 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1962 Confirmations 1832-1962 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1834-1873 Marriage banns 1834-1873 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1904 Marriages 1831-1904 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1905-1944 Marriages 1905-1944 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1944-1961 Marriages 1944-1961 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1820-1862 Burials 1820-1862 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1899 Burials 1830-1899 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1900-1950 Burials 1900-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1951-1969 Burials 1951-1969 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1970-1982 Burials 1970-1982 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Dörnigheim 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