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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gudensberg 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 Gudensberg.

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

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 1654.


 * Church records 1654-1830 are available at the archive
 * 1830-1844 Baptisms 1830-1844 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1845-1863 Baptisms 1845-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1908 Baptisms 1857-1908 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1863-1888 Baptisms 1863-1888 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1889-1921 Baptisms 1889-1921 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1873 Confirmations 1831-1873 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1874-1920 Confirmations 1874-1920 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1921-1964 Confirmations 1921-1964 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1788-1853 Marriage banns 1788-1853 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1863 Marriages 1830-1863 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1909 Marriages 1857-1909 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1902 Marriages 1864-1902 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1902-1938 Marriages 1902-1938 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1939-1966 Marriages 1939-1966 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1851 Burials 1830-1851 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1852-1879 Burials 1852-1879 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1857-1909 Burials 1857-1909 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1880-1925 Burials 1880-1925 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1925-1983 Burials 1925-1983 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1984-2010 Burials 1984-2010 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gudensberg 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