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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Ebsdorf 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 Ebsdorf.

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

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.

Ebsdorf
Church records begin in 1637.


 * 1637-1692 Church records 1637-1692 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1692-1758 Church records 1692-1758 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1758-1830 Church records 1758-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1849 Church records 1830-1849 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1850-1869 Church records 1850-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1895 Church records 1870-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1896-1930 Church records 1896-1930 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1692-1758 Baptisms 1692-1758 at Archion - images ($)

Bortshausen

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1849 Church records 1830-1849 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1850-1869 Church records 1850-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1895 Church records 1870-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1896-1930 Church records 1896-1930 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1931-1962 Church records 1931-1962 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1963-1999 Church records 1963-1999 at Archion - images ($)

Hachborn

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($); includes Ilschhausen
 * 1830-1849 Church records 1830-1849 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1850-1869 Church records 1850-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1895 Church records 1870-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1896-1930 Church records 1896-1930 at Archion - images ($)

Ilschhausen

 * 1830-1849 Church records 1830-1849 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1850-1869 Church records 1850-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1895 Church records 1870-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1894-1930 Church records 1894-1930 at Archion - images ($)

Leidenhofen

 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1849 Church records 1830-1849 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1850-1869 Church records 1850-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1895 Church records 1870-1895 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1896-1930 Church records 1896-1930 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Ebsdorf 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