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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Trendelburg 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 Trendelburg.

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

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.

Trendelburg
Church records begin in 1613.


 * 1613-1655 Church records 1613-1655 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1655-1659 Church records 1655-1659 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1660-1707 Church records 1660-1707 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1708-1772 Church records 1708-1772 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1818 Church records 1773-1818 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1819-1831 Church records 1819-1831 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1863 Baptisms 1830-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1863-1938 Baptisms 1863-1938 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1914 Confirmations 1831-1914 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1915-2011 Confirmations 1915-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1892 Marriages 1830-1892 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1893-1999 Marriages 1893-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1877 Burials 1830-1877 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-2013 Burials 1877-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Friedrichsfeld

 * 1830-2011 Church records 1830-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1869-2013 Baptisms 1869-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1906-2011 Marriages 1906-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1899-2013 Burials 1899-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Trendelburg 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