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

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

Jurisdictional Changes
Schönstadt 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 Schönstadt.

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

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.

Schönstadt
Church records begin in 1683.


 * 1683-1759 Church records 1683-1759 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1725-1830 Church records 1725-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1760-1818 Church records 1760-1818 at Archion - images ($); includes Reddehausen and Bernsdorf
 * 1818-1830 Church records 1818-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1887 Church records 1830-1887 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1891 Baptisms 1830-1891 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1934 Burials 1830-1934 at Archion - images ($)

Kölbe (Cölbe)

 * 1716-1830 Church records 1716-1830 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1916 Church records 1830-1916 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1830-1952 Church records 1830-1952 at Archion - images ($)
 * 1773-1881 Marriage banns 1773-1881 at Archion - images ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Schönstadt 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