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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Burghaun 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 Burghaun.

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

Locations within Burghaun
Catholic includes: Fockenmühle, Grossenmoor, Gruben, Klausmarbach, Mahlerts(-höfe), Oberrainmühle, and until 1831 also Rudolphshan Lutheran includes: Grossenmoor, Gruben, Klausmarbach, Mahlerts, Oberrainmühle

Catholic
The Catholic parish of Burghaun was established in 1688. Church records begin in 1708. Prior to 1708, isolated entries can be found in the parish records of Hünfeld. There is a gap in records between 1708-1747.


 * 1747-1980 Church records 1747-1980 at Matricula Online - images

Lutheran
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.

Church records begin in 1681.


 * 1681-1745 Church records 1681-1745 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1745-1790 Church records 1745-1790 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1791-1830 Church records 1791-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1898 Baptisms 1831-1898 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1899-2004 Baptisms 1899-2004 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2003 Confirmations 1831-2003 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1973 Marriages 1832-1973 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1947 Burials 1831-1947 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1952-2002 Burials 1952-2002 at Archion - images, ($)

Gruben

 * 1831-1967 Church records 1831-1967 at Archion - images, ($); also, see Grossenmoor records in the parish of Langenschwarz.

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Burghaun 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