Rossdorf Parish (Kr. Hanau), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rossdorf 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 Rossdorf.

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

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
Lutheran church records begin in 1689.

The Lutheran residents of Rossdorf initially belonged to the Lutheran parish of Bruchköbel. In time, the Lutherans and Reformed were united into one Protestant parish.


 * Church records 1689-1692 are available at the archive.
 * 1693-1830 Church records 1693-1830 at Archion – images, ($); includes copy of Bruchköbel church records through 1814
 * 1693-1830 Baptisms 1693-1830 at Archion – images, ($); includes copy of Bruchköbel baptism records through 1817
 * 1830-1929 Baptisms 1830-1929 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1896 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1833-1904 Marriage banns 1833-1904 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1935 Marriages 1830-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1693-1830 Burials 1693-1830 at Archion – images, ($); includes copy of Bruchköbel burial records through 1817
 * 1830-1946 Burials 1830-1946 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1947-1981 Burials 1947-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830 Family book 1830 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
Reformed church records begin in 1637. The Reformed and Lutheran parishes were united after 1816.


 * 1637-1709 Church records 1637-1709 at Archion – images, ($); includes list of residents
 * 1710-1816 Church records 1710-1816 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1751-1816 Church records 1751-1816 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1805-1815 Baptisms 1805-1815 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rossdorf 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