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

Guide to Niederbeisheim 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
Niederbeisheim 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 Niederbeisheim.

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

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.

Niederbeisheim
Church records begin in 1649.


 * 1649-1738a Church records 1649-1738a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1649-1738b Church records 1649-1738b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1738-1774 Church records 1738-1774 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1874 Church records 1858-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 Baptisms 1830-1911 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1944 Marriages 1830-1944 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1949 Burials 1830-1949 at Archion - images, ($)

Berndshausen

 * 1649-1774 Church records 1649-1774 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1901 Church records 1830-1901 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1880 Church records 1858-1880 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Niederbeisheim 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