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

Guide to Tann 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
Tann 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 Tann.

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

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 1615.


 * 1615-1755 Church records 1615-1755 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1755-1810 Church records 1755-1810 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1755-1851 Church records 1755-1851 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1811-1826 Church records 1811-1826 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1827-1854 Church records 1827-1854 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1852-1897 Church records 1852-1897 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1859 Church records 1855-1859 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1855-1870 Church records 1855-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1878 Church records 1871-1878 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1879-1889 Church records 1879-1889 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1890-1897 Church records 1890-1897 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1898-1906 Church records 1898-1906 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1907-1917 Church records 1907-1917 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1918-1932 Church records 1918-1932 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1922-1934 Church records 1922-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1811-1826 Baptisms 1811-1826 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1854 Baptisms 1830-1854 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1930-1956 Marriages 1930-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1914-1918 Burials 1914-1918 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1933-1969 Burials 1933-1969 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1969-1989 Burials 1969-1989 at Archion - images, ($)

Günthers

 * 1818-1854 Church records 1818-1854 at Archion - images, ($)

Habel

 * 1811-1861 Church records 1811-1861 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1826-1877 Church records 1826-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1862-1909 Church records 1862-1909 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1910-1995 Church records 1910-1995 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Tann 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