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

Guide to Borken 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
Borken 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 Borken.

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

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.

Borken
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1724 Church records 1650-1724 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1725-1769 Church records 1725-1769 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1770-1819 Church records 1770-1819 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1820-1830 Church records 1820-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1854 Baptisms 1830-1854 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1854-1890 Baptisms 1854-1890 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1939 Confirmations 1831-1939 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1870-1900 Confirmations 1870-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1859 Marriages 1830-1859 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1859-1952 Marriages 1859-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1859 Burials 1830-1859 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1860-1900 Burials 1860-1900 at Archion - images, ($)

Freudenthal (or Freudental)

 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion - images, ($); includes Gilserhof
 * 1830-1956 Baptisms 1830-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1956 Marriages 1830-1956 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Borken 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