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

Guide to Hutten 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
Hutten 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 Hutten.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Hutten belonged to the parishes of Schlüchtern from 1782-1818 and Steinau before 1782.

Reformed
The parish of Hutten was established in 1778. Prior to 1778, Hutten belonged to the parish of Gundhelm.


 * church records 1778-1831 ($)
 * baptisms 1830-1891 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1998 ($)
 * marriages 1830-1939 ($)
 * burials 1830-1909 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hutten 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