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, family history, 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 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.

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 Compiled Genealogies.

Societies and Libraries
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Family History Society for Nassau and Frankfurt Hessian Family History Association Hessen State Archives Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck