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, ($)

Friedewald, Herfa, Lautenhausen

 * 1677-1678, 1690-1716 Church records 1677-1678, 1690-1716 at Archion – images, ($); with gaps
 * 1717-1801 Church records 1717-1801 at Archion – images, ($)

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