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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Naumburg 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 Naumburg.

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

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 1847.


 * 1857-1874 Copy of church records 1857-1874 at Archion - images($); records kept by school teacher
 * 1847-1944 Baptisms 1847-1944 at Archion - images($)
 * 1847-1996 Confirmations 1847-1996 at Archion - images($)
 * 1846-1996 Marriages 1846-1996 at Archion - images($)
 * 1847-1980 Burials 1847-1980 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Naumburg 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