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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Langenselbold 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 Langenselbold.

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

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 1563.


 * 1563-1726 Church records 1563-1726 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1726-1825 Church records 1726-1825 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1826-1830 Church records 1826-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1726-1825 Baptisms 1726-1825 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1849 Baptisms 1830-1849 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1849-1857 Baptisms 1849-1857 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1871 Baptisms 1857-1871 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1871-1889 Baptisms 1871-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1904 Confirmations 1831-1904 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1726-1825 Marriages 1726-1825 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1865 Marriages 1830-1865 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1866-1897 Marriages 1866-1897 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1860 Burials 1830-1860 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1860-1885 Burials 1860-1885 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Langenselbold 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