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

Guide to Kirchditmold 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
Kirchditmold 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 Kirchditmold.

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

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.

Kirchditmold
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1649 Church records 1624-1649 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1654-1702 Church records 1654-1702 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1702-1734 Church records 1702-1734 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1735-1753 Church records 1735-1753 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1943-1945 Church records 1943-1945 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1849-1882 Baptisms 1849-1882 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1890-1912 Baptisms 1890-1912 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1920 Confirmations 1831-1920 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1921-1941 Confirmations 1921-1941 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1849-1882 Marriages 1849-1882 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1891-1926 Marriages 1891-1926 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1926-1942 Marriages 1926-1942 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1946-1949 Marriages 1946-1949 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1950-1961 Marriages 1950-1961 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1886 Burials 1830-1886 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1886-1926 Burials 1886-1926 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1938-1942 Burials 1938-1942 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1944-1946 Burials 1944-1946 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1946-1954 Burials 1946-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1955-1970 Burials 1955-1970 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1971-1989 Burials 1971-1989 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kirchditmold 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