Gaps in Bessungen Church Records

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CarolinaCathy

Bessungen (now a part of Darmstadt) has a gap from 1635-1646 in the church books. When I researched this time period for the Bessungen church, apparently there were acting pastors from Darmstadt serving Bessungen. Would these pastors have included Bessungen Baptisms, Deaths, Marriages, etc. in their Darmstadt records? If so, would it be in the Darmstadt Lutheraner books and would they be interspersed or listed separately? So far, I have not been able to decipher those books as I don't speak German and haven't been able to definitely identify where the baptisms and deaths are, but did find the marriages. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
 
That is within 30 Years War.

Bessungen (now a part of the city of Darmstadt) was almost completely destroyed during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The unprotected village was looted repeatedly, the town hall was burned down, and the inhabitants were killed. Those who fled to neighboring Darmstadt usually died there of the plague, leaving Bessungen with a population of only about 30 in 1646.

Check the Darmstadt records and within those records you'll find people from Bessungen interspersed among the other records.

For further reference "in a nutshell"....
 
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