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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Herleshausen 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 Herleshausen.

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

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.

Herleshausen
Church records being in 1607.


 * 1607-1675 Church records 1607-1675 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1675-1709 Church records 1675-1709 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1709-1790 Church records 1709-1790 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1818 Church records 1773-1818 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1819-1833 Church records 1819-1833 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1873 Baptisms 1830-1873 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1908 Baptisms 1874-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1908-1971 Baptisms 1908-1971 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1907 Confirmations 1831-1907 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1908-2018 Confirmations 1908-2018 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1902 Marriages 1830-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1955 Marriages 1903-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1881 Burials 1830-1881 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1882-1951 Burials 1882-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1951-2018 Burials 1951-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Wommen

 * 1773-1818 Church records 1773-1818 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1819-1832 Church records 1819-1832 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1950 Baptisms 1830-1950 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2017 Marriages 1831-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Herleshausen 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