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

Guide to Friedewald 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
Friedewald 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 Friedewald.

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

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 1677.


 * 1677-1716 [ Church records 1677-1716] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1802-1816, 1848-1854 [ Church records 1802-1816, 1848-1854] at Archion – images, ($); with gaps
 * 1817-1831, 1837-1848 [ Church records 1817-1831, 1837-1848] at Archion – images, ($); with gaps
 * 1830-1847 [ Baptisms 1830-1847] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1848-1884 [ Baptisms 1848-1884] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1885-1934 [ Baptisms 1885-1934] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1890 [ Confirmations 1831-1890] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1891-1994 [ Confirmations 1891-1994] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1867 [ Marriages 1830-1867] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1867-1941 [ Marriages 1867-1941] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1841-2016 [ Marriages 1841-2016] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1855 [ Burials 1830-1855] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1855-1931 [ Burials 1855-1931] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1932-2005 [ Burials 1932-2005] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1717-1801 [ Baptisms index 1717-1801] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1802-1816 [ Baptisms index 1802-1816] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1817-1830 [ Baptisms index 1817-1830] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1717-1801 [ Marriages index 1717-1801] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1802-1816 [ Marriages index 1802-1816] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1817-1830 [ Marriages index 1817-1830] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1717-1801 [ Burials index 1717-1801] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1802-1816 [ Burials index 1802-1816] at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1817-1830 [ Burials index 1817-1830] at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Friedewald 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