Rossdorf Parish (Kr. Kirchhain), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rossdorf 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 Rossdorf.

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

Catholic
Catholic church records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Fulda Diocesan Archive in Fulda, Germany. The following records have been digitized by the website Matricula Online. You can learn how to use Matricula Online by clicking here. There are no indexes to these records. More recent records may be restricted.

Church records begin in 1655.


 * 1655-1975 Church records 1655-1975 at Matricula Online - images

Jewish Records
Jewish residents of Rossdorf belonged to the Marburg synagogue community.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rossdorf 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