Mittel-Gründau, Hesse, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Mittel-Gründau, Hesse, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Mittel-Gründau 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 Mittel-Gründau.

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

Church Records
Church records for this part of the grand duchy of Hesse 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.

Mittel-Gründau belonged to the parish of Niedergründau in Hesse-Nassau, Prussia. Additional records for Mittel-Gründau may be included in the church records of the historic court district of Gründau in the parish of Niedergründau.

Reformed

 * 1812-1835 Baptisms 1812-1835 at Archion - images($)
 * 1836-1865 Baptisms 1836-1865 at Archion - images($)
 * 1866-1895 Baptisms 1866-1895 at Archion - images($)
 * 1896-1969 Baptisms 1896-1969 at Archion - images($)
 * 1813-2004 Confirmations 1813-2004 at Archion - images($)
 * 1813-1865 Marriages 1813-1865 at Archion - images($)
 * 1866-1963 Marriages 1866-1963 at Archion - images($)
 * 1812-1852 Burials 1812-1852 at Archion - images($)
 * 1853-1932 Burials 1853-1932 at Archion - images($)
 * 1933-2004 Burials 1933-2004 at Archion - images($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Mittel-Gründau began in January 1876. Hesse also kept civil registration between 1803 and 1815, during the Napoleonic occupation.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Hessian Family History Association Hessian Library Information System ‘’hebis’’ Hessian State Archives University and State Library Darmstadt University Library of Johann Christian Senckenberg (Frankfurt)