Breitenbach Parish (Kr. Ziegenhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Breitenbach 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
Breitenbach 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 Breitenbach.

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

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.

Breitenbach
Church records begin in 1658.


 * 1750-1783 Church records are in the archives.
 * 1784-1830 Church records 1784-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1880 Baptisms and confirmations 1852-1880 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-2007 Baptisms 1881-2007 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1953 Confirmations 1881-1953 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Marriages and burials 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1880 Marriages and burials 1852-1880 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1948 Marriages 1881-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1947-1992 Marriages 1947-1992 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-2017 Burials 1881-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Breitenbach am Herzberg, Gehau, Hatterode, Oberjossa, Machtlos

 * 1658-1707 Church records 1658-1707 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1708-1750 Church records 1708-1750 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1740-1782 Baptisms and confirmations 1740-1782 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1751-1783 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1751-1783 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Breitenbach 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