Hessisch-Lichtenau Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hessisch-Lichtenau 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 Hessisch-Lichtenau.

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

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.

Hessisch-Lichtenau
Church records begin in 1601.


 * 1601-1695 Copy of church records 1601-1695 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1601-1715 Church records 1601-1715 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1695-1740 Church records 1695-1740 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1740-1792 Church records 1740-1792 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1792-1816 Church records 1792-1816 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1817-1830 Church records 1817-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1601-1695 Baptisms 1601-1695 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Baptisms 1830-1851 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1874 Baptisms 1851-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1922 Baptisms 1874-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1910 Confirmations 1831-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-1967 Confirmations 1911-1967 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1793-1873 Marriage banns 1793-1873 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1866-1949 Marriage banns 1866-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1874 Marriages 1830-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1930 Marriages 1874-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1931-1956 Marriages 1931-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1855 Burials 1830-1855 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1914 Burials 1855-1914 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1914-1971 Burials 1914-1971 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1972-1996 Burials 1972-1996 at Archion - images, ($)

Friedrichsbrück

 * 1830-1982 Church records 1830-1892 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-2012 Baptisms 1911-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1961-2011 Burials 1961-2011 at Archion - images, ($)

Fürstenhagen

 * 1658-1753 Church records 1658-1753 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1742-1793 Church records 1742-1793 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1746-1796 Church records 1746-1796 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1792-1830 Church records 1792-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1813-1917 Church records 1813-1917 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1918 Church records 1857-1918 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1918 Baptisms 1857-1918 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1952 Baptisms 1871-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1944 Confirmations 1830-1944 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1793-1873 Marriages 1793-1873 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1910 Marriages 1831-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1910-1966 Marriages 1910-1966 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Burials 1830-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1849-1854 Burials 1849-1854 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1888-1986 Burials 1888-1986 at Archion - images, ($)

Retterode

 * 1653-1769 Church records 1653-1769 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1769-1826 Church records 1769-1826 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1827-1830 Church records 1827-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1950 Baptisms 1830-1950 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1870 Marriage banns 1801-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1967 Marriages 1830-1967 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2001 Burials 1830-2001 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hessisch-Lichtenau 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