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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Schweinsberg 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 Schweinsberg.

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

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.

Schweinsberg
Church records begin in 1633.


 * 1633-1707 Church records 1633-1707 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1708-1755 Church records 1708-1755 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1755-1830 Church records 1755-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1884 Baptisms 1830-1884 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1885-1948 Baptisms 1885-1948 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1756-1830 Confirmations and burials 1756-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1936 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1936 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1922-2001 Marriages 1922-2001 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1898 Burials 1830-1898 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1898-1991 Burials 1898-1991 at Archion – images ($)
 * from 1590 Family book from 1590 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1935-1963 Family book 1935-1963 at Archion – images ($)
 * from 1590 Index of family book from 1590 at Archion – images ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of Schweinsberg belonged to the Reformed parish of Kirchhain.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schweinsberg 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