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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hilmes 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 Hilmes.

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

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.

Hilmes
Church records begin in 1662.


 * 1662-1713 Church records 1662-1713 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1714-1773 Church records 1714-1773 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Baptisms 1830-1986 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1986 Confirmations 1831-1986 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Marriages 1830-1986 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Burials 1830-1986 at Archion – images, ($)

Gethsemane

 * 1830-1914 Church records 1830-1914 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1845-1907 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1845-1907 at Archion – images, ($)

Hillartshausen

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1981 Church records 1830-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1982-2012 Burials 1982-2012 at Archion – images, ($)

Motzfeld

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1981 Baptisms 1830-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1981 Confirmations 1831-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1981 Marriages 1830-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1981 Burials 1830-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1982-2012 Burials 1982-2012 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hilmes 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