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

Guide to Sontra 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
Sontra 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 Sontra.

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

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.

Sontra
Church records begin in 1606.


 * 1606-1773 Church records 1606-1773 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1774-1830 Church records 1774-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1606-1733 Copy of baptism 1606-1733 at Archion - images, ($); typescript
 * 1830-1854 Baptisms 1830-1854 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1854-1882 Baptisms 1854-1882 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1882-1916 Baptisms 1882-1916 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1904 Confirmations 1831-1904 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1904-1967 Confirmations 1904-1967 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1606-1834 Copy of marriages and burials 1606-1834 at Archion - images, ($); typescript
 * 1830-1876 Marriages 1830-1876 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1876-1923 Marriages 1876-1923 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1923-1948 Marriages 1923-1948 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1948-1957 Marriages 1948-1957 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1858 Burials 1830-1858 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1858-1915 Burials 1858-1915 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1915-1958 Burials 1915-1958 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1958-1992 Burials 1958-1992 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 18th-19th century Family book 18th-19th century at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1701-1800 Index of baptisms 1701-1800 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1801-1830 Index of baptisms 1801-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1701-1830 Index of marriages 1701-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1701-1830 Index of burials 1701-1830 at Archion - images, ($)

Hornel
Prior to 1840, Hornel belonged to the parish of Berneburg.


 * 1763-1830 Church records 1763-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1985 Baptisms 1830-1985 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2014 Confirmations 1831-2014 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-2015 Marriages 1831-2015 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-2017 Burials 1830-2017 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sontra 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