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

Guide to Grüsen 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
Grüsen 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 Grüsen.

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

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.

Grüsen
Church records begin in 1625.


 * 1625-1655 Church records 1625-1655 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1655-1712 Church records 1655-1712 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1712-1753 Church records 1712-1753 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1741-1788 Church records 1741-1788 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1788-1816 Church records 1788-1816 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1817-1831 Church records 1817-1831 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1880 Church records 1830-1880 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1958 Church records 1881-1958 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1940-1958 Marriages 1940-1958 at Archion – images, ($)

Bockendorf

 * 1830-1900 Church records 1830-1900 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1901-2000 Church records 1901-2000 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
The Reformed residents of villages within the Lutheran parish of Grüsen belonged to the Reformed parish of Gemünden until about 1828. After 1828, some villages, including Bockendorf belonged to the Reformed parish of Rosenthal, while other villages, including Ellnrode belonged to the Reformed parish of Haina.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Grüsen 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