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

Guide to Treisbach 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
Treisbach 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 Treisbach.

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

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
Church records begin in


 * 1611-1629 Church records 1611-1629 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1629-1704 Church records 1629-1704 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1629-1732 Church records 1629-1732 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1730-1830 Church recods 1730-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1872 Church records 1830-1872 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Treisbach 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