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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Bracht 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 Bracht.

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

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 1683.

Bracht

 * 1683-1794 Church records 1683-1794 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1794-1830 Church records 1794-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1949 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1949 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1862-1986 Baptisms 1862-1986 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1870 Marriages and burials 1830-1870 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1871-1949 Marriages 1871-1949 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1870-1985 Burials 1870-1985 at Archion – images ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Bracht belonged to the Reformed parish of Rauschenberg from 1706-1776.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bracht 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