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

Guide to Sand 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
Sand 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 Sand.

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

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.

Sand
Church records begin in 1697.


 * 1696-1776 Church records 1697-1776 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1777-1822 Church records 1777-1822 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1823-1830 Church records 1823-1830 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1863 Baptisms 1830-1863 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1864-1910 Baptisms 1864-1910 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1911-1972 Baptisms 1911-1972 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1831-1922 Confirmations 1831-1922 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1897 Marriages 1830-1897 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1898-1983 Marriages 1898-1983 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1830-1877 Burials 1830-1877 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1878-1949 burials 1878-1949 at Archion - images, ($)

Merxhausen
Church records begin in 1668.


 * church records 1668-1763 ($)
 * church records 1764-1818 ($)
 * church records 1819-1830 ($)
 * baptisms 1830-1960 ($)
 * confirmations 1831-1960 ($)
 * marriages 1831-1960 ($)
 * burials 1830-1904 ($)
 * burials 1905-1948 ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Sand 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