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

Guide to Grifte 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
Grifte 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 Grifte.

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

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 1649.


 * 1649-1703 Church records 1649-1703 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1703-1738 Church records 1703-1738 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1739-1814 Church records 1739-1814 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1773-1841 Church records 1773-1841 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1857-1876 Extract of church records 1857-1876 at Archion - images, ($); record kept by schoolteacher
 * 1830-1883 Baptisms 1830-1883 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1884-1925 Baptisms 1830-1925 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 Marriages 1830-1911 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1912-1955 Marriages 1912-1955 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1908 Burials 1830-1908 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Grifte 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