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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hebel 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 Hebel.

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

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.

Hebel
Church records begin 1690.


 * 1690-1773a Church records 1690-1773a at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1931 Baptisms 1830-1931 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1994 Confirmations 1831-1994 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1958 Marriages 1830-1958 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1995 Burials 1830-1995 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1690-1773b Index of church records 1690-1773b at Archion - images ($)

Falkenberg
The village of Falkenberg belonged to the parish of Hebel. The castle of Falkenberg belonged to the parish of Berge (see church records of Berge and Rockshausen).


 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1940 Baptisms 1830-1940 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1994 Confirmations 1831-1994 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1961 Marriages 1831-1961 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1996 Burials 1830-1996 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hebel 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