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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Helmarshausen 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 Helmarshausen.

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

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 1645.


 * 1645-1737 Church records 1645-1737 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1737-1784 Church records 1737-1784 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1785-1821 Church records 1785-1821 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1822-1831 Church records 1822-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1856 Baptisms 1830-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1856-1889 Baptisms 1856-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-1956 Baptisms 1890-1956 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1903 Confirmations 1831-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1904-1977 Confirmations 1904-1977 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1875 Marriages 1830-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1875-1927 Marriages 1875-1927 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1928-2013 Marriages 1928-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1864 Burials 1830-1864 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1865-1906 Burials 1865-1906 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1906-2013 Burials 1906-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Helmarshausen 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