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

Guide to Bebra 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
Bebra 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 Bebra.

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

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 1696.


 * 1696-1770 b Church records 1696-1770 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1770-1824 b Church records 1770-1824 b at Archion - images, ($); confirmations, marriages and burials
 * 1825-1830 Church records 1825-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1758-1824 b Baptisms 1758-1824 b at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1858 Baptisms 1830-1858 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1900 Baptisms 1858-1900 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1899 Confirmations 1831-1899 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1881 Marriages 1830-1881 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1871 Burials 1830-1871 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1916 Burials 1871-1916 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1696-1770 a Index of church records 1696-1770 a at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1770-1824 a Index of church records 1770-1824 a at Archion - images, ($); marriages and burials
 * 1758-1824 Index of baptisms 1758-1824 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bebra 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