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

Guide to Zella 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
Zella 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 Zella.

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

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.

Zella
Church records begin in 1599.


 * 1599-1671 Church records 1599-1671 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1671-1761 Church records 1671-1761 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1761-1831 Church records 1761-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1862 Church records 1830-1862 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1863-1898 Church records 1863-1898 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1884 Baptisms 1830-1884 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1885-1935 Baptisms 1885-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1894-1959 Confirmations and marriages 1894-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1873 Baptisms and burials 1830-1873 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1899-2015 Burials 1899-2015 at Archion – images, ($)

Gungelshausen

 * 1773-1831 Church records 1773-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2015 Church records 1830-2015 at Archion – images, ($)

Leimbach

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2013 Church records 1830-2013 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Zella 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