Schönsee, Bavaria, Germany Genealogy

Schonsee is a very small village in North Eastern Bavaria. The Rauthaus (Civil Records Office )has records back to around 1887. Some of the Catholic Parrish Records are in Schonsee at the office of the Catholic Priest in Schonsee however much more is available in Regensberg at the Archives.

They are on microfische which takes time and patience to read. It is necessary to make an appointment to use a film reader. There is a 5 Euro fee per day per person to do research and a charge per document you ask to have copied.(I think we paid about 8 Euros per page) This can add up to an expensive way to gather information, however you can just take a pencil (not an ink pen) and paper and write down what you find. The people that work there don't usually have much time to assist you....so go planning on spending the first half of the day just learning out to use their system.

There is a beautifully kept cemetery in Schonsee just down the street from the Catholic Church.If you want to find information on your ancestors in a cemetery keep in mind that in most Bavarian Cemeteriesthey recycle or resale the grave plots as often as every 25 years. (sometimes 50 -100years) However there are tombstones back into the 1700's in Schonsee. If your have family from one of the small villages near this town and you cannot find a cemetery there go check out Schonsee. Dietersdorf and Schwand are among those places that used the Schonsee Parrish and cemetery.