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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Grossropperhausen 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 Grossropperhausen.

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

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.

Grossropperhausen
Church records begin in 1644.


 * 1644-1743 Church records 1644-1743 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1743-1791 Church records 1743-1791 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1792-1830 Church records 1792-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1926 Baptisms 1830-1926 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1935 Marriages 1830-1935 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1913 Burials 1830-1913 at Archion – images ($)

Lenderscheid

 * 1743-1792 Church records 1743-1792 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1793-1830 Church records 1793-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1991 Baptisms 1830-1991 at Archion – images, at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-2015 Confirmations and marriages 1830-2015 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1852 Burials 1830-1952 at Archion – images ($)

Siebertshausen
For church records from 1743-1830, see Lenderscheid (above).


 * 1830-1984 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1984 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1985 Marriages and burials 1830-1985 at Archion – images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish residents of Großroppershausen and Siebertshausen belonged to the Jewish community in Frielendorf.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Grossropperhausen 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