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

Guide to Elm 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
Elm 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 Elm.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Elm belonged to the parishes of Schlüchtern from 1782-1818 and Steinau before 1782.

Reformed
The parish of Elm was established in 1598. Prior to 1598, Elm belonged to the parish of Schlüchtern.


 * church records 1577-1800 ($) Also, see Schlüchtern records through 1677.
 * church records 1598-1694 ($)
 * church records 1693-1718 ($)
 * church records 1718-1803 ($)
 * church records 1788-1830 ($)
 * baptisms 1830-1891 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1974 ($)
 * marriages 1831-1926 ($)
 * burials 1831-1921 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Elm 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