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

Guide to Bellings 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
Bellings 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 Bellings.

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

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
The parish of Bellings was established in 1812. There is a gap in records between 1812 and 1831. Prior to 1812, Bellings belonged to the parish of Steinau.


 * baptisms 1831-1913 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1994 ($)
 * marriages 1831-1994 ($)
 * burials 1831-1966 ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Bellings belonged to the parishes of Hohenzell and Schlüchtern.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bellings 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