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

Guide to Schwabendorf 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
Schwabendorf 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 Schwabendorf.

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

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.

Schwabendorf
Church records begin in 1688.


 * 1688-1733 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1688-1733 at Archion – images, ($)are in the archives
 * 1732-1750 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1732-1750 at Archion – images, ($)are in the archives
 * 1750-1830 Baptisms 1750-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1807-1830 Baptisms 1807-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1825-1830 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1825-1830 at Archion – images, ($)are in the archives
 * 1830-1868 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1868 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1868-1961 Baptisms 1868-1961 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1750-1830 Marriages 1750-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1899 Marriages and burials 1830-1899 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1750-1830 Burials 1750-1830 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schwabendorf 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