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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Albungen 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 Albungen.

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

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.

Albungen
Church records begin in 1635.


 * 1635-1770 Church records 1635-1770 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1771-1830 Church records 1771-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1976 Baptisms 1830-1976 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1856-1877 Extract of baptisms 1856-1877 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2015 Confirmations 1831-2015 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2011 Marriages 1830-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion - images ($)

Hitzelrode

 * 1770-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1975 Church records 1830-1975 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1911-2013 Baptisms 1911-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1929-2015 Burials 1929-2015 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Albungen 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