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

Guide to Quentel 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
Quentel 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 Quentel.

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

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.

Quentel
Church records begin in 1627.


 * Church records 1627-1645 are available at the archive.
 * 1645-1801 Church records 1645-1801 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1802-1832 Church records 1802-1832 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1888 Church records 1858-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1869 Extract of baptisms 1830-1869 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1879 Baptisms 1830-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1879-2012 Baptisms 1879-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Marriages 1830-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-2012 Marriages 1946-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1910 Burials 1830-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-2012 Burials 1911-2012 at Archion - images, ($)

Günsterode

 * 1693-1770 Church records 1693-1770 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1771-1800 Church records 1771-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1832 Church records 1801-1832 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1885 Baptisms 1830-1885 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1886-2012 Baptisms 1886-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1945 Marriages 1830-1945 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-2012 Marriages 1946-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1922 Burials 1830-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1923-2012 Burials 1923-2012 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Quentel 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