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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Grebenstein 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 Grebenstein.

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

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.

Grebenstein
Church records begin in 1637.


 * 1637-1773 Church records 1637-1773 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1732-1774 Church records 1732-1774 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1774-1801 Church records 1774-1801 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1732-1773 Baptisms 1732-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1839 Baptisms 1830-1839 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1840-1854 Baptisms 1840-1854 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1855-1875 Baptisms 1855-1875 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1876-1903 Baptisms 1876-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1904-1940 Baptisms 1904-1940 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1876 Confirmations 1831-1876 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-1933 Confirmations 1877-1933 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1856 Marriages 1830-1856 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1912 Marriages 1857-1912 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1912-1964 Marriages 1912-1964 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1847 Burials 1830-1847 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1848-1869 Burials 1848-1869 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1870-1913 Burials 1870-1913 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1914-1981 Burials 1914-1981 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1981-2006 Burials 1981-2006 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1733-1830 Index of church records 1733-1830 at Archion - images ($); baptisms and burials

Burguffeln

 * 1681-1780 Church records 1681-1780 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1781-1810 Church records 1781-1810 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1811-1831 Church records 1811-1831 at Archion - images ($); with gaps
 * 1830-1911 Church records 1830-1911 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1861-2013 Baptisms 1861-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1912-2011 Confirmations 1912-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1877-1972 Marriages 1877-1972 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1874-2013 Burials 1874-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Schachten

 * 1676-1801 Church records 1676-1801 at Archion - images ($); includes Amönetal (Wilhelmsthal)
 * 1801-1832 Church records 1801-1832 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1967 Church records 1830-1967 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1881-2013 Baptisms 1881-2013 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1946-2011 Marriages 1946-2011 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1938-2013 Burials 1938-2013 at Archion - images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish Records for this part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau are held at the Hessian Main State Archive in Wiesbaden, Germany. The following digitized records are available in the Hessian Vital Records collection in LAGIS (Hessian Regional History Information System). These records have been indexed by JewishGen and can be searched for in their JewishGen German Collection database. Results are found in The Hessen Gatermann Index database. For help with understanding the Hebrew calendar dates click here.


 * 1827-1900 Births 1827-1900 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Immenhausen and Holzhausen
 * 1827-1881 Marriages 1827-1881 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Holzhausen
 * 1827-1882 Deaths 1827-1882 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images
 * 1851-1934 Gravestone transcripts 1851-1934 at LAGIS-Hessen.de - images; includes Immenhausen and Holzhausen

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Grebenstein 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