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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Dörnberg 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 Dörnberg.

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

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 1623.


 * 1623-1763 Church records 1623-1763 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1764-1800 Church records 1764-1800 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1865 Baptisms 1830-1865 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1865-1882 Baptisms 1865-1882 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1882-1953 Baptisms 1882-1953 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1933 Confirmations 1831-1933 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1900 Marriages 1830-1900 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1900-1970 Marriages 1900-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1889 Burials 1830-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-1980 Burials 1890-1980 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1981-2008 Burials 1981-2008 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1700-1830 Index of church records 1700-1830 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Dörnberg 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