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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Waldensberg 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 Waldensberg.

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

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.

Waldensberg

 * 1699-1738 Church records 1699-1738 at Archion - images ($); written in French, Waldensian colony

Breitenborn
Breitenborn belonged to the Waldensberg parish from 1857-2016. Prior to 1857, Breitenborn belonged to the parish of Spielberg. As of 2017, it belongs to the "Auf dem Berg" parish.


 * 1945-1986 Marriages 1945-1986 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Waldensberg 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