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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gottsbüren 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 Gottsbüren.

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

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.

Gottsbüren
Church records begin in 1675.


 * 1675-1730 Church records 1675-1730 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1730-1767 Church records 1730-1767 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1767-1826 Church records 1767-1826 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1827-1834 Church records 1827-1834 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1867 Baptisms 1830-1867 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1868-1916 Baptisms 1868-1916 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1932 Confirmations 1831-1932 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1897 Marriages 1830-1897 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1898-1989 Marriages 1898-1989 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1884 Burials 1830-1884 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1885-1972 Burials 1885-1972 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1973-2013 Burials 1973-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Beberbeck

 * 1954-2011 Marriages 1954-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1954-2009 Burials 1954-2009 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gottsbüren 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