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

Guide to Josbach 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
Josbach 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 Josbach.

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

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 1652.

Josbach

 * 1652-1688 Church records 1652-1688 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1686-1774 Church records 1686-1774 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1752-1830 Church records 1752-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1918 Baptisms and burials 1830-1918 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Marriages and burials 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)

Hatzbach

 * 1743-1830 Church records 1743-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1927 Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1830-1927 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Marriages and burials 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)

Wolferode

 * 1701-1830 Church records 1701-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1932 Church records 1830-1932 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1938 Marriages and burials 1830-1938 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of villages within the Lutheran parish of Josbach belonged to the Reformed parish of Rauschenberg.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Josbach 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