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

Guide to Bottendorf 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
Bottendorf 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 Bottendorf.

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

Locations within Bottendorf
Lutheran: Birkenbringhausen (or Bringhausen in den Birken)

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 1658.


 * 1665-1778 Church records 1665-1778 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1778-1830 Church records 1778-1830 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1830-1892 Baptisms 1830-1892 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1892-1931 Baptisms 1892-1931 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1951 Marriages 1830-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1918 Burials 1830-1918 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1918-2010 Burials 1918-2010 at Archion - images, ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Bottendorf belonged to the parish of Frankenberg.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bottendorf 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