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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Bruchköbel 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 Bruchköbel.

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

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 church records begin in 1689. The Lutheran and Reformed parishes were united in the early 1800s.


 * 1689-1736 Church records 1689-1736 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1737-1784 Church records 1737-1784 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1784-1822 Church records 1784-1822 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps

Reformed
The Reformed church records begin in 1598.


 * 1598-1617 Church records 1598-1617 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1637-1745 Church records 1637-1745 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1746-1829 Church records 1746-1829 at Archion - images, ($); with gaps
 * 1823-1831 Baptisms 1823-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1850 Baptisms 1830-1850 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1851-1883 Baptisms 1851-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1951 Confirmations 1830-1951 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1865 Marriage banns 1830-1865 at Archion - images, ($); includes Niederissigheim
 * 1823-1867 Marriages 1823-1867 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1868-1902 Marriages 1868-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1823-1831 Burials 1823-1831 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1863 Burials 1830-1863 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1864-1857 Burials 1864-1857 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bruchköbel 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