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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gensungen 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 Gensungen.

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

Locations within Gensungen
Mittelhof, Sundhof

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.

Gensungen
Church records begin in 1600.


 * 1600-1659, 1666-1668 Church records 1600-1659, 1666-1668 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1661-1777 Church records 1661-1777 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1746-1776 Church records 1746-1776 at Archion - images, ($); also includes Mittelhof and Sundhof
 * 1777-1833 Church records 1777-1833 at Archion - images, ($); includes Karthause and Mittelhof, includes births of Mennonite children (1788-1829), non-local marriage banns, stillbirths, and house index
 * 1857-1881 Copy of church records 1857-1881 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by school teacher
 * 1666-1745 Baptisms 1666-1745 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1887 Baptisms 1830-1887 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1888-1965 Baptisms 1888-1965 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1956 Confirmations 1831-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1915 Marriages 1830-1915 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1913 Burials 1830-1913 at Archion - images, ($)

Beuern

 * 1777-1830 Church records 1777-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Baptisms 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1995 Confirmations 1831-1995 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Marriages 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Burials 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)

Hesslar

 * 1777-1830 Church records 1777-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Baptisms 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1996 Marriages 1832-1996 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1996 Burials 1830-1996 at Archion - images, ($)

Melgershausen

 * 1830-1986 Baptisms 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1984 Confirmations 1831-1984 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1986 Marriages 1830-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1984 Burials 1830-1984 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gensungen 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