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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Lüderbach 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 Lüderbach.

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

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
Church records begin in 1647.


 * 1647-1776 Church records 1647-1776 at Archion - images($)
 * 1647-1855 Copy of church records 1647-1855 at Archion - images($); includes marriage banns after 1832, written copy of church records begins on image 303
 * 1776-1821 Church records 1776-1821 at Archion - images($)
 * 1822-1854 Church records 1822-1854 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1905 Baptisms 1830-1905 at Archion - images($)
 * 1858-1875 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1858-1875 at Archion - images($)
 * 1906-2017 Baptisms 1906-2017 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-2017 Confirmations 1831-2017 at Archion - images($)
 * 1831-2017 Marriages 1831-2017 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Lüderbach 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