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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gelnhausen 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 Gelnhausen.

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

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.

Gelnhausen Stadt
Church records begin in 1691.


 * 1727-1756 Church records 1727-1756 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1731-1815 Church records 1731-1815 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1751-1764 Church records 1751-1764 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1764-1800 Church records 1764-1800 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1782-1812 Church records 1782-1812 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1816-1830 Church records 1816-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1839 Baptisms 1830-1839 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1839-1850 Baptisms 1839-1850 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1851-1864 Baptisms 1851-1864 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1864-1883 Baptisms 1864-1883 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1884-1903 Baptisms 1884-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1903-1921 Baptisms 1903-1921 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1952 Confirmations 1831-1852 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1852-1926 Confirmations 1852-1926 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1927-1962 Confirmations 1927-1962 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1848 Marriages 1830-1848 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1848-1868 Marriages 1848-1868 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1869-1901 Marriages 1869-1901 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1902-1932 Marriages 1902-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1938-1966 Marriages 1938-1966 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1843 Burials 1830-1843 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1843-1858 Burials 1843-1858 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1859-1879 Burials 1859-1879 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1879-1910 Burials 1879-1910 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1911-1945 Burials 1911-1945 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1945-1878 Burials 1945-1978 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1978-1994 Burials 1978 1994 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1691-1829 Index church records 1681-1829 at Archion - images ($); with gaps, includes index for the Burg 1743-1829

Burg Gelnhausen

 * 1743-1806 Church records 1743-1806 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1783-1804 Church records 1783-1804 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1804-1830 Church records 1804-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1903 Baptisms 1830-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1832-1903 Confirmations 1832-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1903 Marriages 1830-1903 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1904 Burials 1830-1904 at Archion - images ($)

Haitz

 * 1830-1874 Baptisms 1830-1874 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1875-1937 Baptisms 1875-1937 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-2006 Confirmations 1831-2006 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1936 Marriages 1830-1936 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1916 Burials 1830-1916 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1916-1995 Burials 1916-1995 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gelnhausen 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