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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Herrenbreitungen 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 Herrenbreitungen.

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

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 1627.


 * 1627-1726 Church records 1627-1726 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1727-1797 Church records 1727-1797 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1798-1831 Church records 1798-1831 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1858-1890 Church records 1858-1890 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1854 Baptisms 1830-1854 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1855-1904 Baptisms 1855-1904 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1912 Confirmations 1831-1912 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1885 Marriages 1830-1885 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1869 Burials 1830-1869 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Herrenbreitungen 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