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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Berneburg 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 Berneburg.

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

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.

Berneburg
Church records begin in 1656.


 * 1656-1772 Church records 1656-1772 at Archion - images ($); includes Cornberg, Hornel, Hübenthal, Menglers, Metzlar, Mönchhosbach, Niedermühle, also Heyerode through 1738, see also Heyerode church records 1763-1772.
 * 1764-1830 Church records 1764-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1967 Baptisms 1830-1967 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1996 Marriages 1830-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1997 Burials 1830-1997 at Archion - images ($)

Heyerode
For church records 1649-1656, see the parish of Beenhausen. There is a gap in records from 1738-1763.


 * 1763-1830 Church records 1763-1830 at Archion - images ($); includes Berneburg until 1772
 * 1830-1997 Baptisms 1830-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1997 Marriages 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1997 Burials 1830-1997 at Archion - images ($)

Kornberg (Cornberg)

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1997 Church records 1830-1997 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Berneburg 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