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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Sebbeterode 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 Sebbeterode.

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

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.

Sebbeterode
Church records begin in 1688.


 * Church records 1688-1751 are available at the archive.
 * 1751-1773 Church records 1751-1773 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1879 Church records 1830-1879 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1879-1936 Church records 1879-1936 at Archion – images ($)

Gilserberg

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1879-1935 Church records 1879-1935 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1879 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1879 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1879 Marriages and burials 1830-1879 at Archion – images ($)

Schönau

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1879 Church records 1830-1879 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1879-1935 Church records 1879-1935 at Archion – images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.

Gilserberg

 * 1824-1932 Births 1824-1932 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1830-1923 Marriages 1830-1923 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1832-1918 Deaths 1832-1918 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1849-1934 Deaths 1849-1934 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sebbeterode 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