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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Maden 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 Maden.

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

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
The parish of Maden was established in 1672. Prior to 1672, Maden belonged to the parish of Obervorschütz.


 * 1672-1733 Church records 1672-1733 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1733-1787 Church records 1733-1787 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1787-1830 Church records 1787-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1917 Baptisms 1830-1917 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2008 Confirmations 1831-2008 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1959 Marriages 1831-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1959 Burials 1830-1959 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Maden 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