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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Eichenberg 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 Eichenberg.

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

Locations within Eichenberg
Hof Arnstein

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 1634.


 * 1634-1755 Church records 1634-1755 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1634-1806. 1834 Church records 1634-1806, 1834 at Archion - images, ($); partially includes copy of early records, and corrections to entries of 1834 illegitimate births
 * 1807-1830 Church records 1807-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1909 Baptisms 1830-1909 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1910-1997 Baptisms 1910-1997 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Confirmations 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1952 Marriages 1831-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1983 Burials 1830-1983 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Eichenberg 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