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

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

Place Names
A very good gazetteer to begin with is Meyers Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Sterbfritz.

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

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.

Lutheran
The Lutheran residents of Sterbfritz belonged to the parish of Mottgers.

Reformed
The parish of Sterbfritz was established in 1663. There is a gap in records between 1663 and 1683. Prior to 1683, Sterbfritz belonged to the parish of Mottgers.


 * church records 1683-1707 ($) (Records from 1683-1830 are incomplete.)
 * church records 1708-1759 ($)
 * church records 1759-1791 ($)
 * church records 1792-1830 ($)
 * church records 1830 ($)
 * church records 1870 ($)
 * baptisms 1831-1860 ($)
 * baptisms 1860-1903 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1937 ($)
 * marriages 1831-1918 ($)
 * burials 1831-1883 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sterbfritz 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