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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Schwarzenborn 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 Schwarzenborn.

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

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 1644.


 * 1644-1752 Church records 1644-1752 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1753-1774 Church records 1753-1774 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1774-1824 Church records 1774-1824 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1824-1837 Church records 1824-1837 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1860 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1860 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1861-1938 Baptisms and confirmations 1861-1938 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1894-1996 Baptisms 1894-1996 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1860 Marriages and burials 1830-1860 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1861-1914 Marriages and burials 1861-1914 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1914-2017 Marriages 1914-2017 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1896-2017 Burials 1896-2017 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1644-1774 Index of church records 1644-1752 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schwarzenborn 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