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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Pfieffe 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 Pfieffe.

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

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.

Pfieffe
Church records begin in 1753.


 * 1827-1831 Church records 1827-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1753-1826 Baptisms and confirmations 1753-1826 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1889 Baptisms 1830-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1890-2004 Baptisms 1890-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1973 Confirmations 1831-1973 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1753-1826 Marriages and burials 1753-1826 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Marriages 1830-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Burials 1830-1900 at Archion - images, ($)

Herlefeld

 * 1648-1798 Church records 1648-1798 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1796-1831 Church records 1796-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2004 Baptisms 1830-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Confirmations 1831-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2004 Marriages 1831-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2004 Burials 1830-2004 at Archion - images, ($)

Stolzhausen
Church records prior to 1830 and after 1994 may be included in the Schemmern parish records.


 * 1830-1971 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1830-1971 at Archion - images, ($); includes Stölzingen
 * 1858-1971 Confirmations 1858-1971 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Pfieffe 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