Bosserode, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Bosserode 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 Bosserode.

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

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.

Bosserode belonged to the parish of Dankmarshausen in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Additional records for Bosserode may be included in the Dankmarshausen parish records.

Lutheran

 * 1578-1806 Church records 1578-1806 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1805-1830 Church records 1805-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1892 Baptisms 1830-1892 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1949 Marriages 1831-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1934 Burials 1830-1934 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Bosserode 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