Berge Parish (Kr. Homberg), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Berge 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
Berge 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 Berge.

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

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.

Berge
Church records begin in 1649.


 * 1649-1700 Church records 1649-1700 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1700-1732 Church records 1700-1732 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1732-1773 Church records 1732-1773 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1774-1831 Church records 1774-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1984 Baptisms 1830-1984 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1874-1910 Baptisms 1874-1910 at Archion - images, ($); Renitenten Gemeinde
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1993 Marriages 1830-1993 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1985 Burials 1830-1985 at Archion - images, ($)

Rockshausen

 * 1774-1817 Church records 1774-1817 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1818-1831 Church records 1818-1831 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1830-1996 Church records 1830-1896 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Berge 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