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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Felsberg 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 Felsberg.

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

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.

Felsberg
Church records begin in 1574.


 * 1574-1661 Church records 1574-1661 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1661-1759 Church records 1661-1759 at Archion - images, ($); baptisms and marriages
 * 1662-1758 Church records 1662-1758 at Archion - images, ($); confirmations
 * 1759-1830 Church records 1759-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1878 Baptisms 1830-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1929 Baptisms 1878-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1953 Confirmations 1831-1953 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1675-1759 Marriages 1675-1759 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1920 Marriages 1830-1920 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1661-1759 Burials 1661-1759 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1890 Burials 1830-1890 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1890-1983 Burials 1890-1993 at Archion - images, ($)

Altenburg

 * 1830-1972 Baptisms 1830-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1974 Confirmations 1831-1974 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1973 Marriages 1831-1973 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1975 Burials 1830-1975 at Archion - images, ($)

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.

Felsberg

 * 1852-1865 Births 1852-1865 at LAGIS - images
 * 1866-1936 Cemetery index 1866-1936 at LAGIS - images

Altenburg

 * 1854-1865 Births 1854-1865 at LAGIS - images

Gensungen

 * 1858-1865 Births 1858-1865 at LAGIS - images
 * 1866-1936 Cemetery index 1866-1936 at LAGIS - images

Neuenbrunslar

 * 1853-1859 Births 1853-1859 at LAGIS - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Felsberg 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