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

Guide to Breunings 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
Breunings 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 Breunings.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Breunings belonged to the parish of Mottgers.

Reformed
The parish of Breunings was established in 1774. Prior to 1774, Breunings belonged to the parishes of Mottgers and Sterbfritz.


 * church records 1774-1830 ($)
 * church records 1830 ($)
 * church records 1831-1913 ($)

Confirmations 1914-1937 can be found in the parish of Sterbfritz.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Breunings 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