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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Liebenau 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 Liebenau.

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

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.

Liebenau
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1771 Church records 1650-1771 at Archion - images ($); includes 1650-1722, 1728, 1739, 1760-1771
 * 1721-1777 Church records 1721-1777 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1778-1830 Church records 1770-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1890 Baptisms 1830-1890 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-2013 Baptisms 1890-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2013 Confirmations 1831-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1937-2013 Marriages 1937-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1934 Burials 1830-1934 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1934-2013 Burials 1934-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Ostheim

 * 1778-1830 Church records 1778-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1914 Baptisms 1830-1914 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2013 Confirmations 1831-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1938-2013 Marriages 1938-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Burials 1830-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1937-2013 Burials 1937-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Liebenau 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