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

Guide to Langendiebach 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
Langendiebach 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 Langendiebach.

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

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 1673.


 * 1673-1812 Church records 1673-1812 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1673-1830 Church records 1673-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1813-1831 Church records 1813-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1813-1831 Baptisms 1813-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1864 Baptisms 1830-1864 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1865-1893 Baptisms 1865-1893 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1959 Confirmations 1831-1959 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1896 Marriages 1830-1896 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1881 Burials 1830-1881 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Langendiebach 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