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

Guide to Halsdorf 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
Halsdorf 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 Halsdorf.

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

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.

Halsdorf
Church records begin in 1666.


 * 1666-1773 Church records 1666-1773 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1773-1851 Church records 1773-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1882 Church records 1831-1882 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1947 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1947 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1948 Marriages and burials 1830-1948 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
Church records begin in 1706. From 1706 the Reformed residents of villages within the Lutheran parish of Halsdorf belonged to the Reformed parish of Rauschenberg until about 1882. After 1882 they belonged to the Reformed parish of Schwabendorf.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Halsdorf 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