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

Guide to Spangenberg 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
Spangenberg 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 Spangenberg.

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

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.

Spangenberg
Church records begin in 1637.


 * 1637-1679 Church records 1637-1679 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1850 Baptisms 1831-1850 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1851-1877 Baptisms 1851-1877 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1877-1943 Baptisms 1877-1943 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1887 Confirmations 1830-1887 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1888-1936 Confirmations 1888-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1865 Marriages 1830-1865 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1866-1935 Marriages 1866-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1854 Burials 1831-1854 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1855-1924 Burials 1855-1924 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1925-1988 Burials 1925-1988 at Archion – images, ($)

Elbersdorf

 * 1830-1897 Baptisms 1830-1897 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1891 Burials 1830-1891 at Archion – images, ($)

Schnellrode

 * 1831-1967 Baptisms 1831-1850 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1964 Confirmations 1830-1887 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1967 Marriages 1830-1865 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1967 Burials 1831-1854 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Spangenberg 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