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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hesserode 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 Hesserode.

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

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 1692.


 * 1692-1753 Church records 1692-1753 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1754-1800 Church records 1754-1800 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1801-1831 Church records 1801-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1730-1874 Marriage banns 1730-1874 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hesserode 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