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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gronau 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 Gronau.

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

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 1664.


 * 1664-1874 Church records 1664-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1719-1783 Church records 1719-1783 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1993 Baptisms 1831-1993 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1998 Confirmations 1831-1998 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1833-1998 Marriages 1833-1998 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1998 Burials 1831-1998 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gronau 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