Hain-Gründau Parish, Hesse, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Hain-Gründau 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 Hain-Gründau.

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

Church Records
Church records for this part of the grand duchy of Hesse 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 1716.


 * 1744-1801 Church records 1744-1801 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1800-1817 Church records 1800-1817 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1716-1744 Baptisms 1716-1744 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1800-1817 Baptisms 1800-1817 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1818-1840 Baptisms 1818-1840 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1841-1860 Baptisms 1841-1860 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1875 Baptisms 1861-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1919-1968 Confirmations 1919-1968 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1818-1840 Marriages 1818-1840 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1841-1860 Marriages 1841-1860 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1875 Marriages 1861-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1919-2004 Marriages 1919-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1818-1840 Burials 1818-1840 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1841-1860 Burials 1841-1860 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1875 Burials 1861-1875 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1919-2004 Burials 1919-2004 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Hain-Gründau began in January 1876. Hesse also kept civil registration between 1803 and 1815, during the Napoleonic occupation.

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

Societies and Libraries
Hessian Family History Association Hessian Library Information System ‘’hebis’’ Hessian State Archives University and State Library Darmstadt University Library of Johann Christian Senckenberg (Frankfurt)