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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Lippoldsberg 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 Lippoldsberg.

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

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.

Lippoldsberg
Church records begin in 1626.


 * 1626-1681 Church records 1626-1681 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1758-1797 Church records 1758-1797 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1798-1830 Church records 1798-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1886 Copy of church records 1858-1886 at Archion - images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1871-1934 Baptisms 1871-1934 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1936 Confirmations 1831-1936 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1912 Marriages 1830-1912 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1913-1949 Marriages 1913-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1950-1980 Marriages 1950-1980 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1900 Burials 1830-1900 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1901-2003 Burials 1901-2003 at Archion - images ($)

Gewissenruh

 * 1830-1969 Church records 1830-1969 at Archion - images, ($
 * 1968-2006 Burials 1968-2006 at Archion - images, ($

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Lippoldsberg 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