Herges-Hallenberg Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Herges-Hallenberg 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
Herges-Hallenberg has belonged to the following independent countries or post-1871 German states:

Place Names
The best gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Herges-Hallenberg.

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 1741.


 * church records 1741-1806 ($)
 * church records 1806-1830 ($)
 * baptisms 1830-1907 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1989 ($)
 * marriages 1830-1931 ($)
 * burials 1830-1932 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Herges-Hallenberg 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