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

Guide to Spieskappel Parish, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Spieskappel 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 Spieskappel.

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

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.

Spieskappel

 * 1639-1773 Church book 1639-1773 at Archion – images ($); includes Frielendorf and Oberkappel
 * 1772-1832 Church book 1772-1832 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Church book 1830-1862 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1888 Church book 1863-1888 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1889-1932 Church book 1889-1932 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1933-1992 Marriages 1933-1992 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1933-2010 Burials 1933-2010 at Archion – images ($)

Ebersdorf

 * 1639-1773 Church records 1639-1773 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Church records 1830-1862 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1969 Church records 1863-1969 at Archion – images ($)

Frielendorf

 * 1772-1832 Church records 1772-1832 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1862 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1920 Baptisms and confirmations 1863-1920 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1921-1980 Confirmations 1921-1980 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1863 Marriages and burials 1830-1863 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1920 Marriages and burials 1863-1920 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1921-1978 Marriages 1921-1978 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1921-2014 Burials 1921-2014 at Archion – images ($)

Gebersdorf
For church records prior to 1772, see Ebersdorf (above).


 * 1772-1831 Church records 1772-1831 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Church records 1830-1862 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-2010 Church records 1863-2010 at Archion – images ($)

Lanertshausen
For church records prior to 1772, see Ebersdorf (above).


 * 1772-1831 Church records 1772-1831 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Church records 1830-1862 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1983 Church records 1863-1983 at Archion – images ($)

Linsingen
For church records prior to 1772, see Ebersdorf (above).


 * 1772-1831 Church records 1772-1831 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Church records 1830-1862 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1959 Church records 1863-1959 at Archion – images ($)

Todenhausen
For church records prior to 1772, see Ebersdorf (above).


 * 1772-1831 Church records 1772-1831 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1862 Church records 1830-1862 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1863-1920 Church records 1863-1920 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1921-2011 Baptisms and confirmations 1921-2011 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1921-2010 Marriages and burials 1921-2010 at Archion – images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.

The Jewish community of Frielendorf included residents from Großoppershausen and Siebertshausen.

Frielendorf

 * 1790-1866 Births 1790-1866 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1849-1933 Births 1849-1933 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1827-1845 Marriages 1827-1845 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1828-1908 Marriages 1828-1908 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1866 Deaths 1824-1866 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1849-1937 Deaths 1849-1937 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1792-1846 Family register 1792-1846 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; head of household list with sons
 * 1808-1846 Family register 1808-1846 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Großropperhausen

 * 1849-1917 Births 1849-1917 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1834-1901 Marriages 1834-1901 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Siebertshausen

 * 1849-1877 Births 1849-1877 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1861-1878 Deaths 1861-1878 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Spieskappel 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