Breitenbach Parish (Kr. Ziegenhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Breitenbach 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 Breitenbach (am Herzberg).

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

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.

Breitenbach
Church records begin in 1658.


 * 1658-1707 Church records 1658-1707 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1708-1750 Church records 1708-1750 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1784-1830 Church records 1784-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1740-1782 Baptisms and confirmations 1740-1782 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1751-1783 Baptisms, marriages and burials 1751-1783 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1880 Baptisms and confirmations 1852-1880 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-2007 Baptisms 1881-2007 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1953 Confirmations 1881-1953 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Marriages and burials 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1880 Marriages and burials 1852-1880 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1948 Marriages 1881-1948 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1947-1992 Marriages 1947-1992 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-2017 Burials 1881-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Gehau

 * 1784-1830 Church records 1784-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Church records 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1878 Church records 1852-1878 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1879-1915 Church records 1879-1915 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-2015 Confirmations 1915-2015 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1917-2004 Marriages 1917-2004 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1916-2017 Burials 1916-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Hatterode

 * 1784-1830 Church records 1784-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Church records 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1877 Church records 1852-1877 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1877-1914 Church records 1877-1914 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-2017 Confirmations 1915-2017 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-2016 Marriages 1915-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-2017 Burials 1915-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Machtlos

 * 1784-1830 Church records 1784-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Church records 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1877 Church records 1852-1877 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1878-1914 Church records 1878-1914 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1914-2003 Church records 1914-2003 at Archion – images, ($)

Oberjossa

 * 1784-1830 Church records 1784-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1851 Church records 1830-1851 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1852-1884 Church records 1852-1884 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1885-2017 Church records 1885-2017 at Archion – images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1838-1906 Births 1838-1906 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1841-1906 Marriages 1841-1906 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1839-1906 Deaths 1839-1906 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Breitenbach 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