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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Böddiger 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 Böddiger.

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

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.

Böddiger
Church records begin in 1669.


 * 1669-1790 Church records 1669-1790 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1790-1830 Church records 1790-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1894 Baptisms 1830-1894 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1995 Confirmations 1831-1995 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1979 Marriages 1830-1979 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1975 Burials 1830-1975 at Archion - images, ($)

Niedervorschütz

 * 1669-1790 Church records 1669-1790 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1933 Baptisms 1830-1933 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Marriages 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1995 Burials 1830-1995 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Böddiger 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