Rossdorf Parish (Kr. Hanau), Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Rossdorf 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
Rossdorf 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 Rossdorf.

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

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
Lutheran church records begin in 1689.


 * 1689-1692 Church records are in the archives
 * 1693-1830 Church records 1693-1830 at Archion – images, ($) includes confirmations and marriages copied from Bruchköbel Parish church books until 1815
 * 1751-1816 Church records 1751-1816 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830 Church records 1830 at Archion – images, ($) contains family book index thru 1814
 * 1693-1830 Baptisms 1693-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1805-1815 Baptisms 1805-1815 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1929 Baptisms 1830-1929 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1805-1815 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1935 Marriages 1830-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1833-1904 Marriages 1833-1904 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1693-1830 Burials 1693-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1946 Burials 1830-1946 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1947-1981 Burials 1947-1981 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
Reformed church records begin in 1637.


 * 1637-1709 Church records 1637-1709 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1710-1816 Church records 1710-1816 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rossdorf 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