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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Rockensüss 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 Rockensüss.

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

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.

Rockensüss
Church records begin in 1623.


 * 1623-1773 Church records 1623-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1881 Baptisms 1830-1881 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1997 Confirmations 1831-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1939 Marriages 1830-1939 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion - images ($)

Königswald

 * 1677-1686 Church records 1677-1686 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1681-1773 Church records 1681-1773 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1984 Baptisms 1830-1984 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1831-1996 Confirmations 1831-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1997 Marriages 1830-1997 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1984 Burials 1830-1984 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Rockensüss 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