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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Neuengronau 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 Neuengronau.

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

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.

Lutheran
The Lutheran residents of Neuengronau and Altengronau belonged to the parish of Mottgers.

Neuengronau
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1759 Church records 1650-1759 at Archion - images, ($) Also, see Mottgers records 1650-1663.
 * 1760-1777 Church records 1760-1777 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1778-1799 Church records 1778-1799 at Archion - images, ($)
 * Church records 1800-1830 are available at the archive
 * 1830-1904 Baptisms 1830-1904 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1965 Marriages 1831-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1965 Burials 1830-1965 at Archion - images, ($)

Altengronau
Church records begin in 1650.


 * 1650-1759 Church records 1650-1759 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1760-1774 Church records 1760-1774 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1775-1799 Church records 1775-1799 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1800-1830 Church records 1800-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1871 Baptisms 1830-1871 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Marriages 1830-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1900 Burials 1830-1900 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Neuengronau 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