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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Grossalmerode 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 Grossalmerode.

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

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 1648.


 * 1648-1730 Church records 1648-1730 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1731-1754 Church records 1731-1754 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1754-1820 Church records 1754-1820 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1821-1830 Church records 1821-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1846 Baptisms 1830-1846 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1847-1871 Baptisms 1847-1871 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1871-1889 Baptisms 1871-1889 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1890-1935 Baptisms 1890-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1883 Confirmations 1831-1883 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1885-1924 Confirmations 1885-1924 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1860 Marriages 1830-1860 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1861-1925 Marriages 1861-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1926-1964 Marriages 1926-1964 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1754-1820 Burials 1754-1820 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1851 Burials 1830-1851 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1851-1874 Burials 1851-1874 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1875-1899 Burials 1875-1899 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1899-1950 Burials 1899-1950 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1648-1820 Index of marriages and burials 1648-1820 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Grossalmerode 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