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

Guide to Mansbach 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
Mansbach 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 Mansbach.

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

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.

Mansbach
Church records begin in 1657.


 * 1657-1800 Church records 1657-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1824 Church records 1801-1824 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1824-1830 Church records 1824-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1888 Baptisms 1830-1888 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1889-1997 Baptisms 1889-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1992 Confirmations 1831-1992 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Marriages 1830-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1947-1975 Marriages 1947-1975 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Burials 1830-1946 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-1992 Burials 1946-1992 at Archion - images, ($)

Glaam
For church records 1830-1848 see Oberbreitzbach below.


 * 1848-1958 Church records 1848-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1959-2002 Church records 1959-2002 at Archion - images, ($)

Oberbreitzbach
Oberbreitzbach includes the estates/farms Grasgrube and Schwartzengrund.


 * 1830-1847 Church records 1830-1847 at Archion - images, ($); includes Glaam
 * 1848-1948 Church records 1848-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1948-2004 Church records 1948-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Confirmations 1831-2003 at Archion - images, ($)

Soislieden
Records from 1831-1840 are available at the archive. For church records prior to 1831, see the parish of Buchenau.


 * 1840-1997 Church records 1840-1997 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mansbach 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