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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hünfeld 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 Hünfeld.

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

Locations within Hünfeld
Rasdorf

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.

Hünfeld
The Lutheran parish of Hünfeld was established in 1855. It included Rasdorf until 1952. See the Lutheran parish of Rasdorf for records after 1952.


 * 1855-1965 Church records 1855-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1856-1965 Church records 1856-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1966-2004 Burials 1966-2004 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hünfeld 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