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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gemünden 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 Gemünden.

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

Locations within Gemünden
The Reformed parish included Reformed residents from the following villages: Bockendorf, Dodenhausen, Schiffelbach, Grüsen, Haina hospital, Herbelhausen, Hertinghausen, Lehnhausen, Mohnhausen, Niederholzhausen, Oberholzhausen, Rosenthal, Sehlen, and Willershausen. It also included the Reformed residents in the historical district of Haina, which included the villages of Altenhaina, Battenhausen, Ellnrode, Fischbach, Haddenberg, Halgehausen. Hütterode, and Hof-Kirschgarten.

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.

Gemünden
Church records begin in 1575.


 * 1575-1624 Church records 1575-1624 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1611-1674 Church records 1611-1674 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1675-1749 Church records 1675-1749 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1750-1791 Church records 1750-1791 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1792-1830 Church records 1792-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1663 Baptisms 1830-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1936 Baptisms 1864-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1922 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1922 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1936 Marriages 1881-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1871 Burials 1830-1871 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1871-1936 Burials 1871-1936 at Archion – images, ($)

Gemünden
Church records begin in 1707.


 * 1707-1736 Church records 1707-1736 at Archion – images, ($) includes Schiffelbach, part of the historical district of Rosenthal, and the historical district of Haina
 * 1737-1763 Church records 1737-1763 at Archion – images, ($) includes Schiffelbach, the historical district of Rosenthal, and part of Haina hospital
 * 1764-1828 Church records 1764-1828 at Archion – images, ($) incudes the historical districts of Rosenthal and Haina
 * 1830-1934 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1910-1935 Baptisms 1910-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Marriages and burials 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1818-1919 Family book 1818-1919 at Archion – images, ($); includes Hertingshausen
 * 1830-1922 Index of Individuals 1830-1922 at Archion – images, ($); includes Hertingshausen

Hertingshausen
Prior to 1848, Hertingshausen belonged to the parish of Schwabendorf. The Lutheran residents of Hertingshausen belonged to the parish of Wohra.


 * 1773-1799, 1806 Church records 1773-1799, 1806 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1798-1830 Church records 1798-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1799-1862 Church records 1799-1862 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Church records 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1879-1964 Baptisms 1879-1964 at Archion – images, ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.

Gemünden

 * 1759-1903 Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1759-1903 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1824-1843 Deaths 1824-1843 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Dodenhausen, Grüsen, Schiffelbach

Grüsen

 * 1852-1874 Births 1852-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.ed - images; incomplete
 * 1852-1874 Births and Deaths 1852-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; incomplete
 * 1869-1874 Deaths 1869-1874 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; incomplete

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gemünden 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