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

Guide to Jesberg 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
Jesberg 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 Jesberg.

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

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.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1667.


 * 1667-1773 Church records 1667-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1800 Church records 1774-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1817 Church records 1801-1817 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1818-1830 Church records 1818-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1941 Baptisms 1831-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1875-1948 Baptisms 1875-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1941 Confirmations 1831-1941 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1912 Marriages 1831-1912 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1913-1989 Marriages 1913-1989 at Archion - images, ($)
 * Burials 1831-1887 are available at the archive
 * 1888-1970 Burials 1888-1970 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1905-1948 Family book 1905-1948 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Jesberg 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