Hessisch-Lichtenau Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Hessisch-Lichtenau 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
Hessisch-Lichtenau 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 Hessisch-Lichtenau.

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

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.

Hessisch-Lichtenau
Church records begin in 1601.


 * 1601-1695 Church records 1601-1695 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1601-1715 Church records 1601-1715 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1695-1740 Church records 1695-1740 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1740-1792 Church records 1740-1792 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1792-1816 Church records 1792-1816 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1817-1830 Church records 1817-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1601-1695 Baptisms 1601-1695 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Baptisms 1830-1851 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1874 Baptisms 1851-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1922 Baptisms 1874-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1910 Confirmations 1831-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-1967 Confirmations 1911-1967 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1793-1873 Marriage banns 1793-1873 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1866-1949 Marriage banns 1866-1949 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1874 Marriages 1830-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1930 Marriages 1874-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1931-1956 Marriages 1931-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1855 Burials 1830-1855 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1914 Burials 1855-1914 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1914-1971 Burials 1914-1971 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1972-1996 Burials 1972-1996 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hessisch-Lichtenau 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