Allendorf Parish (Kr. Witzenhausen), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Allendorf 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
Allendorf 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 Allendorf.

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

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 1637.


 * 1637-1696 Church records 1637-1696 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1696-1719 Church records 1696-1719 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1720-1767 Church records 1720-1767 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1759-1775 Church records 1759-1775 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1776-1821 Church records 1776-1821 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1830 Church records 1822-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1892-1913 Church records 1892-1913 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1892-1915 Church records 1892-1915 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1913-1951 Church records 1913-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1948-1970 Church records 1948-1970 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1845 Baptisms 1830-1845 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1845-1871 Baptisms 1845-1871 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1919 Baptisms 1871-1919 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1878 Confirmations 1831-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1879-1902 Confirmations 1879-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1947 Confirmations 1903-1947 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1859 Marriages 1830-1859 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1860-1921 Marriages 1860-1921 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1922-1957 Marriages 1922-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1847 Burials 1830-1847 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1848-1880 Burials 1848-1880 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1881-1946 Burials 1881-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1947-1978 Burials 1947-1978 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1978-1996 Burials 1978-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1776-1821 Index 1776-1821 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1822-1830 Index 1822-1830 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Allendorf 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