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

Guide to Kassdorf 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
Kassdorf 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 Kassdorf.

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

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.

Kassdorf
Church records begin in 1642.


 * 1642-1723 Church records 1642-1723 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1723-1772 Church records 1723-1772 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1912 Baptisms 1830-1912 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1933 Marriages 1831-1933 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Burials 1830-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1642-1830 Index of church records 1642-1830 at Archion - images, ($)

Lützelwig

 * 1723-1830 a Church records 1723-1830 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1886 Church records 1830-1886 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1723-1830 b Index of church records 1723-1830 b at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kassdorf 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