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

Guide to Mengsberg 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
Mengsberg 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 Mengsberg.

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

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 1654.


 * 1654-1746 Church records 1654-1746 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1746-1772 Church records 1746-1772 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1773-1801 Church records 1773-1801 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1802-1830 Church records 1802-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1875 Church records 1830-1875 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1850-1923 Baptisms 1850-1923 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1876-2009 Confirmations 1876-2009 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1848-1892 Marriages 1848-1892 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1893-1988 Marriages 1893-1988 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1854-1939 Burials 1854-1939 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1924-1925 Family book 1924-1925 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1930 Family book 1930 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mengsberg 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