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

Guide to Dörnhagen 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
Dörnhagen 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 Dörnhagen.

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

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.

Dörnhagen
Church records begin in 1648.


 * 1648-1770 Church records 1648-1770 at Archion – images, ($); also includes Bergshausen
 * 1771-1806 Church records 1771-1806 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1856-1887 Copy of baptisms 1856-1887 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1900-1921 Copy of baptisms 1900-1921 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1832-1838 Copy of marriages 1832-1838 at Archion – images, ($); includes Bergshausen, Dennhausen, and Dittershausen
 * 1849-1875 Copy of marriages 1849-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1882-1883, 1901-1910 Copy of marriages 1882-1883, 1901-1910 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1832-1836 Copy of burials 1832-1836 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1856-1875 Copy of burials 1856-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1882-1883, 1901-1910 Copy of burials 1882-1883, 1901-1910 at Archion – images, ($)

Dennhausen

 * 1771-1806 Church records 1771-1806 at Archion - image, ($)

Dittershausen

 * 1771-1806 Church records 1771-1806 at Archion - image, ($); Dittershausen records start on image 479

Fuldabrück

 * 1970-1995 Burials 1970-1995 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Dörnhagen 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