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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Grossenritte 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 Grossenritte.

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

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.

Grossenritte
Church records begin in 1638.


 * 1638-1774 Church records 1638-1774 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1802 Church records 1774-1802 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1803-1824 Church records 1803-1824 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1825-1830 Church records 1825-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1860 Baptisms 1830-1860 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1861-1897 Baptisms 1861-1897 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1898-1934 Baptisms 1898-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1911 Confirmations 1830-1911 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1912-1960 Confirmations 1912-1960 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1882 Marriages 1830-1882 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1883-1934 Marriages 1883-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1935-1986 Marriages 1935-1986 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1872 Burials 1830-1872 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1872-1937 Burials 1872-1937 at Archion - images, ($)

Altenritte

 * 1638-1773 Church records 1638-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1817 Church records 1774-1817 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1818-1830 Church records 1818-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1927 Baptisms 1830-1927 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2001 Confirmations 1831-2001 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1957 Marriages 1831-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1998 Burials 1830-1998 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Grossenritte 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