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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Schwebda 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 Schwebda.

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

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.

Schwebda
Church records begin in 1657.


 * 1657-1751 Church records 1657-1751 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1657-1751 Copy of church records 1657-1751 at Archion - images ($); handwritten copy created in 1843
 * 1751-1807 Church records 1751-1807 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1830 Church records 1808-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1808-1885 Church records 1808-1885 at Archion - images ($); includes copy of records 1808-1830
 * 1830-1889 Baptisms 1830-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1889-2010 Baptisms 1889-2010 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1858-1885 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1858-1885 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1976 Confirmations 1831-1976 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1904 Marriages 1830-1904 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1904-2017 Marriages 1904-2017 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1893-2017 Burials 1893-2017 at Archion - images ($)

Frieda
For church records prior to 1701 see the parish of Grebendorf.


 * 1701-1769 Church records 1701-1769 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1701-1769 Copy of church records 1701-1769 at Archion - images ($); handwritten copy created in 1854
 * 1770-1814 Church records 1770-1814 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1814-1830 Church records 1814-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1876 Baptisms 1830-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-2000 Baptisms 1876-2000 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1970 Confirmations 1831-1970 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1903 Marriages 1830-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1904-2014 Marriages 1904-2014 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1882 Burials 1830-1882 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1882-1922 Burials 1882-1922 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schwebda 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