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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Zennern 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 Zennern.

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

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 1600.


 * 1600-1647 Church records 1600-1647 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1657-1751 Church records 1657-1751 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1751-1800 Church records 1751-1800 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1800-1830 Church records 1800-1830 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1807-1843 Baptisms 1807-1843 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1912 Baptisms 1830-1912 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1952 Confirmations 1831-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1952 Marriages 1831-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1952 Burials 1830-1952 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Zennern 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