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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Homberg 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 Homberg.

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

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.

Homberg
Church records begin in 1636.


 * 1636-1742 Church records 1636-1742 at Archion - images, ($); includes divergent entries from church records 1679-1744
 * 1679-1744 Church records 1679-1744 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1745-1772 b Church records 1745-1772 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1795 b Church records 1773-1795 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1796-1830 b Church records 1796-1830 b at Archion - images, ($); includes stillbirths at end of book
 * 1636-1695 Baptisms 1636-1695 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1842 Baptisms 1830-1842 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1842-1859 Baptisms 1842-1859 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1860-1879 Baptisms 1860-1879 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1874 Confirmations 1831-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1636-1692 Marriages 1636-1692 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1861 Marriages 1830-1861 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1908 Marriages 1861-1908 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1684-1743 Burials 1684-1743 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1849 Burials 1830-1849 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1850-1867 Burials 1850-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1868-1889 Burials 1868-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1680-1743 Index of church records 1680-1743 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms and marriages
 * 1745-1772 Index of church records 1745-1772 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1795 a Index of church records 1773-1795 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1796-1830 a Index of church records 1796-1830 a at Archion - images, ($)

Holzhausen
Church records begin in 1636. Initially, Holzhausen was its own parish. After 1780, Holzhausen belonged to the parish of Homberg. The Holzhausen records include entries for St. Georg monastery and Relbehausen.


 * 1636-1692 Church records 1636-1692 at Archion - images, ($); includes list of residents
 * 1636-1742 Church records 1636-1692 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1742-1772 Church records 1742-1772 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1815 Church records 1773-1815 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1816-1830 Church records 1816-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1843-1857 Church records 1843-1857 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1875 Copy of church records 1858-1875 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1830-1878 Baptisms 1830-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1987 Confirmations 1831-1987 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1907 Marriages 1830-1907 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1913 Burials 1830-1913 at Archion - images, ($)

Relbehausen
For earlier records, see Holzhausen above.


 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1995 Church records 1830-1995 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Homberg 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