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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Kruspis 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 Kruspis.

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

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.

Kruspis
Church records begin in 1668.


 * 1668-1719 Church records 1668-1719 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1720-1830 Church records 1720-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1994 Baptisms 1830-1994 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1993 Confirmations 1831-1993 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1994 Marriages 1830-1994 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1994 Burials 1830-1994 at Archion – images ($)

Holzheim

 * 1830-1994 Baptisms 1830-1994 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1994 Confirmations 1831-1994 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1994 Marriages 1831-1994 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1994 Burials 1830-1994 at Archion – images ($)

Oberstoppel

 * 1773-1830 Church records 1773-1830 at Archion – images ($); includes Unterstoppel
 * 1830-1993 Church records 1830-1993 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1883-1993 Baptisms 1883-1993 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1919-1995 Burials 1919-1995 at Archion – images ($)

Stärklos

 * 1830-1993 Baptisms 1830-1993 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1858-1889 Extract of baptisms, marriages, and burials 1858-1889 at Archion – images ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1831-1994 Confirmations 1831-1994 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1989 Marriages 1830-1989 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1994 Burials 1830-1994 at Archion – images ($)

Unterstoppel

 * 1830-1994 Church records 1830-1994 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1899-1994 Baptisms 1899-1994 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Kruspis 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