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

Guide to Breitau 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
Breitau 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 Breitau.

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

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.

Breitau
Church records begin in 1653 and include gaps.


 * 1653-1723 Church records 1653-1723 at Archion - images, ($); includes Lindenau
 * 1653-1723 Church records 1653-1723 at Archion - images, ($); includes Lindenau; lighter images
 * 1724-1805 Church records 1724-1805 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1724-1805 Church records 1724-1805 at Archion - images, ($); lighter images
 * 1806-1830 Church books 1806-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1806-1830 Church books 1806-1830 at Archion - images, ($); lighter images
 * 1830-1895 Baptisms 1830-1895 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1895-2018 Baptisms 1895-2018 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2016 Confirmations 1831-2016 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1944 Marriages 1830-1944 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1946-2017 Marriages 1946-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1960 Burials 1830-1960 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1961-2018 Burials 1961-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Krauthausen

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($); lighter images
 * 1830-1997 Church records 1830-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Church records 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1981-2018 Burials 1981-2018 at Archion - images, ($)

Weissenborn (near Sontra)

 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2012 Church records 1830-2012 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Breitau 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