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

Guide to Obernburg 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
Obernburg 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 Obernburg.

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

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 1624.


 * 1624-1800 Church records 1624-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1808 Church records 1801-1808 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1854 Baptisms 1809-1854 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1875 Baptisms 1855-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1989 Baptisms 1876-1989 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1875 Confirmations 1832-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1954 Confirmations 1876-1954 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1876 Marriages 1809-1876 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-2014 Marriages 1876-2014 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1875 Burials 1809-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-2008 Burials 1876-2008 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1624-1800 Index 1624-1800 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Obernburg 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