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

Guide to Gemünden 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
Gemünden 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 Gemünden.

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

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 1575.

Gemünden

 * 1575-1624 Church reords 1575-1624 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1611-1674 Church reords 1611-1674 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1675-1749 Church reords 1675-1749 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1750-1791 Church reords 1750-1791 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1792-1830 Church reords 1792-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1663 Baptisms 1830-1863 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1864-1936 Baptisms 1864-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1910-1935 Baptisms 1910-1935 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1922 Confirmations and marriages 1830-1922 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1881-1936 Marriages 1881-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1871 Burials 1830-1871 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1871-1936 Burials 1871-1936 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1818-1919 Family book 1575-1624 at Archion – images, ($)

Reformed
Church records begin in 1707. The Reformed parish included the following villages: Bockendorf, Dodenhausen, Schiffelbach, Grüsen, Haina hospital, Herbelhausen, Hertinghausen, Lehnhausen, Mohnhausen, Niederholzhausen, Oberholzhausen, Rosenthal, Sehlen, and Willershausen. It also included the Reformed residents in the historical district of Haina, which included the villages of Altenhaina, Battenhausen, Ellnrode, Fischbach, Haddenberg, Halgehausen. Hütterode, and Hof-Kirschgarten.


 * 1707-1736 Church reords 1707-1736 at Archion – images, ($) includes Schiffelbach, part of the historical district of Rosenthal, the historical district of Haina
 * 1737-1763 Church reords 1737-1763 at Archion – images, ($) includes Schiffelbach, the historical district of Rosenthal, part of Haina hospital
 * 1764-1828 Church reords 1764-1828 at Archion – images, ($) incudes the historical districts of Rosenthal and Haina
 * 1830-1934 Baptisms and confirmations 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1934 Marriages and burials 1830-1934 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1922 Person index 1830-1922 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Gemünden 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