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

Guide to Densberg 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
Densberg 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 Densberg.

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

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.

Densberg
Church records begin in 1627.


 * 1627-1727 Church records 1627-1727 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1728-1776 Church records 1728-1776 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1777-1830 Church records 1777-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1864 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1864 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1865-1900 Baptisms and confirmations 1865-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1901-1974 Baptisms and marriages 1901-1974 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1895-1975 Confirmations and burials 1895-1975 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1976-2012 Confirmations and burials 1976-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1864 Marriages and burials 1830-1864 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1865-1901 Marriages and burials 1865-1901 at Archion - images, ($)

Moischeid
From 1652 to 1673, Moischeid belonged to the parish of Josbach. From 1624 to 1652, Moischeid belonged to the parish of Grüsen.


 * 1777-1830 Church records 1777-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1861 Church records 1830-1861 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1913 Church records 1861-1913 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1899-1992 Baptisms 1899-1992 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1914-1992 Confirmations 1914-1992 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1899-1991 Marriages 1899-1991 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1992 Burials 1903-1992 at Archion - images, ($)

Schönstein

 * 1845-1991 Church records 1845-1991 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1902-1992 Confirmations 1902-1992 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1952-1992 Marriages 1952-1992 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1952-1991 Burials 1952-1991 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Densberg 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