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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Michelbach 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 Michelbach.

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

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
Church records begin in 1624.


 * 1624-1660 Church records 1624-1660 at Archion - images($)
 * 1641-1830 Church records 1641-1830 at Archion - images($); includes separated Dilschhausen entries for 1774-1814 which were added at the end of the respective Michelbach entries: baptisms (image 834), confirmations (image 856), marriages (image 877), and burials (image 927)
 * 1830-1880 Church records 1830-1880 at Archion - images($)
 * 1866-1948 Marriages 1866-1948 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Michelbach 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