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

Guide to Solz 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
Solz 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 Solz.

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

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.

Solz
Church records begin in 1607.


 * 1607-1775 Church records 1607-1775 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1867 Baptisms 1830-1867 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1868-1950 Baptisms 1868-1950 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1909 Confirmations 1831-1909 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1772-1925 Marriages 1772-1925 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1773-1830 Burials 1773-1830 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion – images, ($)

Vockerode

 * 1654-1777 Church records 1654-1777 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2000 Baptisms 1830-2000 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1930 Confirmations 1830-2000 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1831-1996 Marriages 1830-2000 at Archion – images, ($)
 * 1830-2004 Burials 1830-2000 at Archion – images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Solz 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