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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Seifertshausen 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 Seifertshausen.

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

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.

Seifertshausen
Church records begin in 1765.


 * 1765-1837 Church records 1765-1837 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1908 Baptisms 1830-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1966 Marriages 1830-1966 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1984 Burials 1830-1984 at Archion - images, ($)

Dankerode

 * 1762-1814 Church records 1762-1814 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1815-1840 Church records 1815-1840 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1980 Church records 1830-1980 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms and confirmations, 1938-45 missing
 * 1830-1917 Church records 1830-1917 at Archion - images, ($); marriages and burials

Erkshausen

 * 1762-1803 Church records 1762-1803 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1804-1840 Church records 1804-1840 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Baptisms 1830-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1970 Marriages 1830-1970 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1997 Burials 1830-1997 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Seifertshausen 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