Asbach Parish (Kr. Herrschaft Schmalkalden), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Place Names
The best gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Asbach.

Church Records
Church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Evangelical Church 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.

Reformed
The parish of Asbach was established in 1667.


 * church records 1667-1764
 * church records 1682-1784
 * church records 1770-1830
 * church records 1784-1830
 * church records 1831-1931

Asbach baptism, confirmation and marriage records are incomplete. Parish records of Haindorf should also be searched.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Asbach began in October 1874.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Compiled Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessen State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck