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, 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 ($)
 * 1830-1893 Burials 1830-1893 at Archion – images ($)

Imshausen

 * 1772-1830 Church records 1772-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1886 Church records 1830-1886 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1997 Church records 1830-1997 at Archion – images ($)

Mönchhosbach

 * 1674-1830 Church records 1674-1830 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1680-1735 Church records 1680-1735 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1915 Church records 1830-1915 at Archion – images ($)
 * 1830-1963 Church records 1830-1963 at Archion – images ($)

Jewish Records
Jewish residents of Solz and Imshausen belonged to the Jewish community of Nentershausen.

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