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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Treysa 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 Treysa.

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

In 1970, the municipality of Schwalmstadt was created from the towns of Treysa, Ziegenhain and their surrounding villages.

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.

Treysa
Church records begin in 1567.


 * 1567-1607 Church records 1567-1607 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1598-1636 Church records 1598-1636 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1641-1722 Church records 1641-1722 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1722-1762 Church records 1722-1762 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1761-1800 Church records 1761-1800 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1801-1830 Church records 1801-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1937-1954 Church records 1937-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1955-1971 Church records 1955-1971 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1971-1972 Church records 1971-1972 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1850 Baptisms 1830-1850 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1851-1870 Baptisms 1851-1870 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1871-1903 Baptisms 1871-1903 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1903-1938 Baptisms 1903-1938 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-1981 Confirmations 1915-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1867 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1867 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1914 Confirmations and marriages 1864-1914 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1740-1801 Marriages banns 1740-1801 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1828-1848 Marriages banns 1828-1848 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1849-1863 Marriages banns 1849-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1872 Marriages banns 1864-1872 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1893-1940 Marriages 1893-1940 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1941-1975 Marriages 1941-1975 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1858 Burials 1830-1858 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1858-1882 Burials 1858-1882 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1883-1937 Burials 1883-1937 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1938-1984 Burials 1938-1984 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1985-2005 Burials 1985-2005 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1567-1636 Index of church records 1567-1636 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1641-1722 Index of church records 1641-1722 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1722-1762 Index of church records 1722-1762 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1761-1800 Index of church records 1761-1800 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1603-1722 Index of confirmations 1603-1722 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1915-1981 Index of confirmations 1915-1981 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1567-1575 Index of marriages 1567-1575 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1567-1596 Index of burials 1567-1596 at Archion – images, ($)

Ascherode

 * 1830-1885 Church records 1830-1885 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1873-1935 Church records 1873-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1936-1998 Church records 1936-1998 at Archion – images, ($)

Hephata Institute

 * 1895-1939 Baptisms 1895-1939 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1895-1926 Confirmations 1895-1926 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1927-2016 Confirmations 1927-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1904-2016 Marriages 1904-2016 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1895-1917 Burials 1895-1917 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1917-1930 Burials 1917-1930 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1930-1942 Burials 1930-1942 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1942-1951 Burials 1942-1951 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1952-1954 Burials 1952-1954 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1955-1959 Burials 1955-1959 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1959-2010 Burials 1959-2010 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Treysa 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