Rassdorf, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rassdorf 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 Rassdorf.

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

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.

Rassdorf belonged to the parish of Dankmarshausen in Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Additional records for Rassdorf may be included in the in the Grossensee church records in the parish of Dankmarshausen.

Lutheran
Church records begin in 1578.


 * 1578-1742 Church records 1578-1742 at Archion - images, ($); different filming of Dankmarshausen Church records v.1 1576-1742 above, includes Dankmarshausen marriages
 * 1742-1835 Church records 1742-1835 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1945 Church records 1830-1945 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rassdorf 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