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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Marköbel 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 Marköbel.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Marköbel belonged to the parish of Rüdigheim.

Reformed
Church records begin in 1641.


 * 1641-1727 Church records 1641-1727 at Archion - images($)
 * 1727-1831 Baptisms 1727-1831 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1872 Baptisms 1830-1872 at Archion - images($)
 * 1873-1955 Baptisms 1873-1955 at Archion - images($)
 * 1722-1830 Confirmations 1722-1830 at Archion - images($); includes extract of Lutheran confirmations 1750-1805, also 1727 resident list
 * 1831-1949 Confirmations 1831-1949 at Archion - images($)
 * 1727-1830 Marriages 1727-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1903 Marriages 1830-1903 at Archion - images($)
 * 1727-1830 Burials 1727-1830 at Archion - images($)
 * 1830-1883 Burials 1830-1883 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Marköbel 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