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

Guide to Elm 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
Elm 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 Elm.

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

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
The Lutheran residents of Elm belonged to the parishes of Schlüchtern from 1782-1818 and Steinau before 1782.


 * 1577-1800 Church records 1577-1800 at Archion - images, ($); extracts made in the 1900s from the old church books of mostly Schlüchtern, Steinau, and a few extracts from Heubach in the parish of Oberkalbach, and Wallroth; with gaps, not in chronological order, includes both Lutheran and Reformed records.

Reformed
The parish of Elm was established in 1598. Prior to 1598, Elm belonged to the parish of Schlüchtern.


 * 1577-1800 Church records 1577-1800 at Archion - images, ($); extracts made in the 1900s from the old church books of mostly Schlüchtern, Steinau, and a few extracts from Heubach in the parish of Oberkalbach, and Wallroth; with gaps, not in chronological order, includes both Lutheran and Reformed records.
 * 1598-1694 Church records 1598-1694 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1693-1718 Church records 1693-1718 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1718-1803 Church records 1718-1803 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1788-1830 Church records 1788-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1891 Baptisms 1830-1891 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1974 Confirmations 1831-1974 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1926 Marriages 1831-1926 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1921 Burials 1831-1921 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Elm 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