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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Frankenberg 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 Frankenberg.

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

Locations within Frankenberg
Reformed: Birkenbringhausen (or Bringhausen in den Birken), Somplar

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.

Frankenberg
Lutheran church records begin in 1646.


 * 1646-1656 Church records 1646-1656 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1657-1665 Church records 1657-1665 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1666-1693 Church records 1666-1693 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1694-1703 Church records 1694-1703 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1704-1714 Church records 1704-1714 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1715-1738 Church records 1715-1738 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1727-1741 Church records 1727-1741 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1727-1777 Church records 1727-1777 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1742-1760 Church records 1742-1760 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1756-1797 Church records 1756-1797 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1781-1830 Church records 1781-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1798-1831 Church records 1798-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1903 Church records 1830-1903 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1863 Baptisms 1830-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1899 Baptisms 1864-1899 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1900-1829 Baptisms 1900-1929 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1904-1959 Confirmations 1904-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1879-1938 Marriages 1879-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1938-1952 Marriages 1938-1952 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1953-1971 Marriages 1953-1971 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1849 Burials 1830-1849 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1850-1868 Burials 1850-1868 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1869-1917 Burials 1869-1917 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1918-1969 Burials 1918-1969 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1970-1982 Burials 1970-1982 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1982-1994 Burials 1982-1994 at Archion – images, ($)

Friedrichshausen

 * 1777-1830 Church records 1777-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1976 Church records 1830-1976 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2014 Church records 1830-2014 at Archion - images, ($)

Schreufa

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1991 Church records 1830-1991 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2011 Church records 1830-2011 at Archion - images, ($)

Frankenberg
Reformed church records begin in 1662.


 * 1662-1693 Church records 1662-1693 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1693-1711 Church records 1693-1711 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1711-1790 Church records 1711-1790 at Archion – images, ($); includes Schreufa and Willersdorf
 * 1791-1830 Church records 1791-1830 at Archion – images, ($); includes Röddenau, Haine, Bringhausen in der Birke, Wangershausen, Rengershausen (by Somplar), and Somplar
 * 1830-1927 Church records 1830-1927 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1847-1875 Church records 1847-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1917 Baptisms 1830-1917 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1887-1959 Confirmations 1887-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1868-1959 Marriages 1868-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1928-1959 Burials 1928-1959 at Archion – images, ($)

Schreufa

 * 1790-1830 Church records 1790-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1943 Church records 1830-1943 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1886-1959 Marriages 1886-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1959 Burials 1946-1959 at Archion - images, ($)

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.

Frankenberg

 * 1752-1842 Synagogue records 1752-1842 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes tax lists, correspondence, births and deaths
 * 1824-1899 Births 1824-1899 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1851-1864 Births 1851-1864 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1851-1873 Births 1851-1873 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1856-1868 Births 1856-1868 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; duplicate
 * 1824-1898 Marriages 1824-1898 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1900 Deaths 1824-1900 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1851-1874 Deaths 1851-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1856-1874 Deaths 1856-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Röddenau

 * 1852-1873 Births 1852-1873 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Frankenberg 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