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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Gossfelden 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 Gossfelden.

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

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.

Gossfelden
Church records begin in 1641.


 * Church records 1641-1830 are available at the archive.
 * 1830-1935 Church records 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1931-1996 Church records 1931-1996 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1930 Baptisms 1830-1930 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1936 Burials 1830-1936 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1931-1999 Burials 1931-1999 at Archion - images ($)

Sarnau

 * 1830-1935 Church records 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1931-1999 Church records 1931-1999 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1935 Baptisms 1830-1935 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1931-1974 Burials 1931-1974 at Archion - images ($)

Wehrda

 * 1830-1930 Church records 1830-1930 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1950 Baptisms 1830-1950 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gossfelden 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