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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Petersberg 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 Petersberg.

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

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.

Petersberg
Church records begin in 1714.


 * 1714-1772 Church records 1714-1772 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Church records 1830-1946 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1911-1946 Baptisms 1911-1946 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1949-1955 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1949-1955 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1956-1971 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1956-1971 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1972 Confirmations 1831-1972 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1972-1997 Burials 1972-1997 at Archion – images, ($)

Kathus

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1930 Baptisms 1830-1930 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1945 Confirmations 1831-1945 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Marriages 1830-1946 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Burials 1830-1946 at Archion – images, ($)

Sorga

 * 1830-1896 Baptisms 1830-1896 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1897-1947 Baptisms 1897-1947 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1937-1947 Marriages 1837-1947 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1921 Burials 1830-1921 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1922-1946 Burials 1922-1946 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Petersberg 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