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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Süss 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 Süss.

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

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
Church records begin in 1610.


 * 1610-1679 Church records 1610-1679 at Archion - images, ($); 1628-1635 missing
 * 1636-1782 Church records 1636-1782 at Archion - images, ($); includes copy of 1678-1696
 * 1679-1697 Church records 1679-1697 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1783-1808 Church records 1783-1808 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1809-1833 Church records 1809-1833 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1636-1782 Baptisms 1636-1782 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1859 Baptisms 1830-1859 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1859-1927 Baptisms 1859-1927 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1934 Confirmations 1831-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1901 Marriages 1830-1901 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1884 Burials 1830-1884 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Süss 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