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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Breuna 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 Breuna.

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

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.

Breuna
Church records begin in 1661.


 * 1661-1690 Church records 1661-1690 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1690-1730 Church records 1690-1730 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1730-1767 Church records 1730-1767 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1768-1801 Church records 1768-1801 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1870 Baptisms 1830-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1931 Baptisms 1871-1931 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1939 Confirmations 1831-1939 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1907 Marriages 1830-1907 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1908-1995 Marriages 1908-1995 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1895 Burials 1830-1895 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1896-1996 Burials 1896-1996 at Archion - images, ($)

Escheberg

 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1992 Church records 1830-1993 at Archion - images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.

Breuna

 * 1828-1852 Births 1828-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; images of part of page
 * 1828-1852 Births 1828-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; images of complete page
 * 1866-1878 Births 1866-1878 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1833-1851 Marriages 1833-1851 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1854-1874 Marriages 1854-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1826-1852 Deaths 1826-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1853-1877 Deaths 1853-1877 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1807-1832 Register of household heads and their sons 1807-1832 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1819-1934 Register of Breuna Cemetery 1819-1934 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Oberlistingen

 * 1826-1852 Births 1826-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1826-1890 Births, marriages, deaths 1826/1828/1827-1885/1886/1890 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; handwritten copy of registers from Listingen.
 * 1828-1851 Marriages 1828-1851 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1853-1886 Marriages 1853-1886 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1827-1852 Deaths 1827-1852 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1853-1890 Deaths 1853-1890 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Breuna 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