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

Guide to Obergrenzebach 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
Obergrenzebach 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 Obergrenzebach.

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

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 1662.


 * 1662-1716 Church records 1662-1716 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1716-1806 Church records 1716-1806 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1807-1830 Church records 1807-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1880 Church records 1830-1880 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1883 Baptisms 1852-1883 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1884-1935 Baptisms 1884-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1924 Confirmations 1881-1924 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1870-1886 Marriages 1870-1886 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1887-1920 Marriages 1887-1920 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1866-1886 Burials 1866-1886 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1887-1940 Burials 1887-1940 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Obergrenzebach began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet.

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