Berge Parish (Kr. Witzenhausen), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Berge 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
Berge 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 Berge.

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

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.

Berge
Church records begin in 1665.


 * 1665-1755 Church records 1665-1755 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1756-1802 Church records 1756-1802 at Archion - images, ($); includes Falkenberg castle
 * 1803-1830 Church records 1803-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2012 Baptisms 1830-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2012 Marriages 1831-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2010 Burials 1830-2010 at Archion - images, ($)

Hebenshausen

 * 1830-1896 Baptisms 1830-1896 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1897-2012 Baptisms 1897-2012 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2011 Confirmations 1831-2011 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1956 Marriages 1830-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1974 Burials 1830-1974 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Berge 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