Hessian family history association
The Hessian Family History Association e. V. (HfV) was founded in Darmstadt in 1921. The association is a member of the umbrella organization of the German Working Group on Genealogical Associations . V. (DAGV).
Club activity
The purpose is to promote members in the historical auxiliary sciences family research ( genealogy ) and heraldry ( heraldry ). For this purpose, an office is maintained in the Hessian State Archive in Darmstadt with an extensive library and archive . In addition, the association maintains and publishes the Hessian coat of arms in the Hessian coat of arms roll .
Work area
The regional support area includes the three former provinces of Upper Hesse , Starkenburg and Rheinhessen of the old Grand Duchy of Hesse and the later People's State of Hesse . The local characteristics are dealt with in seven district groups. Contacts exist with neighboring organizations. The area of work of the association coincides with that of the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt.
Club history
- In 1973 the association organized the 25th German Genealogy Day . A larger office was moved into the Darmstadt Residenzschloss within the State Archives.
- In 1978 the number of members exceeded 400.
- In 1980 the club index had over 200,000 personal names.
- In 1994 the company moved to today's State Archives on Karolinenplatz. The number of members reached 800.
- In 2000 a closed mailing list for the three hess. established family history societies in Hesse.
- In 2005 a membership of 1000 was reached.
- In 2018, 500,000 church book duplicate pages (a total of 1,000,000 digital copies) are online in the members area.
Club sign
The sign of the association ( logo ) is for the oldest seal of the first Landgraf of Hesse Heinrich I. been designed. After the production of the Darmstadt painter and graphic artist Professor Richard Hoelscher (1867-1943), the publication took place in 1907 in the association magazine Archive for Hessian History and Archeology (AHG) of the Historical Association for Hesse , today the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies in Darmstadt. After that, the "Hessian knight" was used several times as a Hessian symbol .
Archives and publications
- 0.5 million index cards with 1.5 million information
- over 50 local family books
- 5000 family history and local history writings each
- approx. 200 periodicals
- The magazine Hessische Familienkunde (HFK), the working group of the family history societies in Hesse, appears four times a year with information from the association
- From 2018 own journal Hessische Genealogie (HG), appears four times a year with association news
- The magazine Hessische Ahnenlisten appears at irregular intervals
- Journals from other genealogical societies are available
- archived title of the association in the archive information system Hessen ARCINSYS
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of documented family coats of arms
- ^ Archives for Hessian History and Archeology (AHG) NF 5/1907, page 531
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
