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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Zierenberg 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 Zierenberg.

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

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 1707.


 * 1707-1760 Church records 1707-1760 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1760-1819 Church records 1760-1819 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1820-1830 Church records 1820-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1760-1819 Baptisms 1760-1819 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1855 Baptisms 1830-1855 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1855-1888 Baptisms 1855-1888 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1888-1931 Baptisms 1888-1931 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1893 Confirmations 1831-1893 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1894-1947 Confirmations 1894-1947 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1877 Marriages 1830-1877 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-1946 Marriages 1877-1946 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-1967 Marriages 1946-1967 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1867 Burials 1830-1867 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1867-1929 Burials 1867-1929 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Zierenberg 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