Berge Parish (Kr. Homberg), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Berge 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 Berge.

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

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.

Berge
Church records begin in 1649.


 * 1649-1700 Church records 1649-1700 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1700-1732 Church records 1700-1732 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1732-1773 Church records 1732-1773 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1774-1831 Church records 1774-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1984 Baptisms 1830-1984 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1910 Baptisms 1874-1910 at Archion - images, ($); Renitenten Gemeinde
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1993 Marriages 1830-1993 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1985 Burials 1830-1985 at Archion - images, ($)

Lembach

 * 1774-1831 Church records 1774-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Church records 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)

Mardorf

 * 1774-1831 Church records 1774-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1984 Baptisms 1830-1984 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1985 Marriages 1830-1985 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1985 Burials 1830-1985 at Archion - images, ($)

Mühlhausen

 * 1774-1831 Church records 1774-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1985 Baptisms 1830-1985 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1984 Marriages 1831-1984 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1984 Burials 1830-1984 at Archion - images, ($)

Rockshausen

 * 1774-1817 Church records 1774-1817 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1818-1831 Church records 1818-1831 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1830-1996 Church records 1830-1896 at Archion - images, ($)

Roppershain

 * 1774-1831 Church records 1774-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Church records 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)

Unshausen

 * 1774-1831a Church records 1774-1831a at Archion - images, ($); includes stillbirths after 1825 at end of book
 * 1830-1996 Baptisms 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1994 Confirmations 1831-1994 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1995 Marriages 1831-1995 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Burials 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1831b Index of church records 1774-1831b at Archion - images, ($)

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.

Falkenberg

 * 1832-1883 Marriages 1832-1913 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1884 Births 1825-1884 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1883, 1930-1933 Deaths 1825-1883, 1930-1933 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1825-1884, 1930-1933 Deaths 1825-1884, 1930-1933 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1832-1883, 1930-1938 Marriages 1832-1931 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes listing of items handed over to Jewish district office in Kassel (1936-1937), notes about emigration, synagogue and school.
 * 1825-1883, 1914-1919 Births 1825-1883, 1914-1919 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1850-1933 Cemetery index 1850-1933 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Berge 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