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

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

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Trusen.

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

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.

Trusen
Church records including both Lutheran and Reformed parishes begin in 1632. Church records from 1632-1830 for both Lutheran and Reformed parishes might also be found in Herrenbreitungen.


 * 1632-1731 Church records 1632-1731 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1730-1830 Church records 1730-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1900 Baptisms 1830-1900 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1930 Marriages 1830-1930 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1945 Burials 1830-1945 at Archion – images ($)

Auwallenburg

 * 1830-1900 Baptisms 1830-1900 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1930 Marriages 1830-1930 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1953 Burials 1830-1953 at Archion – images ($)

Elmenthal

 * 1831-1979 Baptisms 1831-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1980 Marriages 1831-1980 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1981 Burials 1831-1981 at Archion – images ($)

Herges-Vogtei

 * 1830-1900 Baptisms 1830-1900 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1968 Confirmations 1831-1968 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1934 Marriages 1830-1934 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1949 Burials 1830-1949 at Archion – images ($)

Hessles

 * 1830-1937 Baptisms 1830-1937 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1937 Confirmations 1831-1937 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Marriages 1830-1937 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1937 Burials 1830-1937 at Archion – images ($)

Laudenbach

 * 1830-1979 Church records 1830-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1979 Baptisms 1830-1979 at Archion – images ($)

Wahles

 * 1830-1978 Baptisms 1830-1978 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1979 Confirmations 1831-1979 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1831-1953 Marriages 1831-1953 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1949 Burials 1830-1949 at Archion – images ($)

Trusen

 * 1855-1890 Baptisms 1855-1890 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1891-1936 Baptisms 1891-1936 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1870-1947 Burials 1870-1947 at Archion – images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Trusen 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