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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Spielberg 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 Spielberg.

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

Locations within Spielberg
Helfersdorf

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.

Spielberg
Church records begin in 1653.


 * 1653-1686 Church records 1653-1686 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1687-1771 Church records 1687-1771 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1771-1831 Church records 1771-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1677-1739 Baptisms 1677-1739 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1739-1823 Baptisms 1739-1823 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1824-1830 Baptisms 1824-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1927 Baptisms 1830-1927 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1887 Marriage banns 1831-1887 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1972 Marriages 1830-1972 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1687-1812 Burials 1687-1812 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1813-1830 Burials 1813-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1974 Burials 1830-1974 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1974-2012 Burials 1874-2012 at Archion - images ($)

Leisenwald

 * 1830-1948 Baptisms 1830-1948 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2004 Marriages 1830-2004 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1973 Burials 1830-1973 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1973-2012 Burials 1973-2012 at Archion - images ($)

Streitberg

 * 1830-1959 Baptisms 1830-1959 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2012 Marriages 1831-2012 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2006 Burials 1830-2006 at Archion - images ($)

Wittgenborn
Prior to 1762, Wittgenborn belonged to the parish of Wächtersbach.


 * 1830-1896 Baptisms 1830-1896 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1896-2007 Baptisms 1896-2007 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1950 Marriages 1831-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1950-2004 Marriages 1950-2003 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1943 Burials 1830-1943 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1948-2006 Burials 1948-2006 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Spielberg 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