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

Guide to Florshain 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
Florshain 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 Florshain.

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

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 1654.


 * 1654-1746 Church records 1654-1746 with gaps at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1773-1820 Church records 1773-1820 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1821-1835 Church records 1821-1835 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1876 Church records 1830-1876 at Archion – images, ($))
 * 1853-2010 Baptisms 1853-2010 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 18781996''' Confirmations 1878-1996 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1868-2009 Marriages 1868-2009 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1854-2009 Burials 1854-2009 at Archion – images, ($))
 * Family book at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1930 Family book 1930 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Florshain 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