Dankmarshausen Parish, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Dankmarshausen Parish, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Dankmarshausen 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 Dankmarshausen.

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

Church Records
Church records for this part of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach are held at the Archive of the Lutheran-Protestant Church in Central Germany in Eisenach, 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.

Dankmarshausen
Church records begin in 1576.


 * 1576-1742 Church records v.1 1576-1742 at Archion - images ($); pages 1-159; includes Grossensee, Rassdorf (pages 1-105)
 * 1576-1742 Church records v.2 1576-1742 at Archion - images ($); pages 160-396
 * 1742-1785 Church records 1742-1785 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1786-1820 Church records 1786-1820 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1821-1858 Church records 1821-1858 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1859-1897 Baptisms 1859-1897 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1862-1887 Communicants 1862-1887 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1888-1928 Communicants 1888-1928 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1929-1962 Communicants 1929-1962 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1859-1900 Marriages 11859-1900 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1859-1910 Burials 1859-1910 at Archion - images ($)
 * Family book 20th century is available at the archive.
 * 1817-1958 Copy of parish history 1817-1958 at Archion - images ($)

Bosserode
Church records begin in 1578. The village of Bosserode was in Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, but the church community remained in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.


 * 1578-1806 Church records 1578-1806 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1805-1830 Church records 1805-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1892 Baptisms 1830-1892 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1949 Marriages 1831-1949 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1934 Burials 1830-1934 at Archion - images ($)

Grossensee (including Rassdorf)

 * 1578-1742 Church records 1578-1742 at Archion - images ($); different filming of Dankmarshausen Church records v.1 1576-1742 above, includes Dankmarshausen marriages
 * 1742-1835 Church records 1742-1835 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1836-1934 Baptisms 1836-1934 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1836-1920 Marriages 1836-1920 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1836-1999 Burials 1836-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * Family book 20th century is available at the archive.

Kleinensee
Church records begin in 1577. The village of Kleinensee was in Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, but the church community remained in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.


 * 1577-1806 Church records 1577-1806 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1805-1831 Church records 1805-1831 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1933 Baptisms 1831-1933 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1987 Confirmations 1831-1987 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1977 Marriages 1831-1977 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1999 Burials 1830-1999 at Archion – images ($)

Rassdorf
For records prior to 1830, see Grossensee above. The village of Rassdorf was in Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, but the church community remained in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.


 * 1830-1945 Church records 1830-1945 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Dankmarshausen began on 1 January 1876.

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

Societies and Libraries

 * Association for Thuringian History
 * University Library Erfurt

Working Groups
 * Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteldeutsche Familienforschung
 * Arbeitsgemeinschaft Genealogie Thuringia
 * Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gotha and Eisenach
 * Arbeitsgemeinschaft Weimar