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

Guide to Haina 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
Haina 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 Haina.

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

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
Church records begin in 1651.


 * 1651-1721 Church records 1651-1721 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1721-1773 Church records 1721-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 baptisms 1830-1911 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1912-1977 baptisms 1912-1977 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-1993 confirmations 1911-1993 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1910 confirmations and marriages 1831-1910 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1911-1980 marriages 1911-1980 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1911 deaths 1830-1911 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1912-2000 deaths 1912-2000 at Archion - images ($)

Lutheran - Hospital

 * 1830-1929 deaths 1830-1929 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Haina 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