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

Guide to Grossenlüder 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
Grossenlüder 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 Grossenlüder.

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

Catholic
Church records begin in 1636. Altenfeld belongs to the parish of Poppenhausen.


 * 1636-1948 Church records 1654-1985 at Matricula Online - images [there is a gap in burial records from 1685-1693 and 1695-1701]

Lutheran
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.

The Lutheran parish for Grossenlüder (Salzschlirf-Grossenlüder) was established in 1948. Prior to 1948, Lutheran residents of Grossenlüder belonged to the Lutheran parish of Fulda.


 * 1948-1986 Church records 1948-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1978-2004 Burials 1978-2004 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Grossenlüder 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