Röllfeld, Obernburg, Unterfranken, Bayern
Does anyone know how or where I would locate records for Röllfelt/Röllfeld by Miltenberg? I know this village was part of the Catholic Diocese of Würzburg. I have not been able to locate these records on Family Search nor on Matricula online.
Thank you so much for your help!
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I have previously tried to access Catholic records from the Diocese of Würzburg. I learnt that the digital copies can only be accessed in person at the Diocesian Archive. The Archives does not intend at this time to make the digitized records available on the internet. This page of their website has more information: https://abbw.bistum-wuerzburg.de/archiv/familienforschung/
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I didn't see any Catholic Records on Archion. There are some civil marriage records from 1805 to 1905 on Familysearch for Miltenberg. Maybe the records will include Röllfelt?
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Thank you for the two of you responding to my question. Röllfeld/Röllfelt is about 18km away from Miltenberg, so it is unlikely I would find my family there. Also my family was Catholic, so Archion probably will not help me much.
The information about the Diocese of Würzburg was interesting. I wish they would release their records somewhere online. The family lines I am working on right now all seem to be in the Miltenberg area, so my research for these lines are probably coming to an end. I wish a family book would become available for this area. In the past year, a family book became available for Eichenbühl in this area which has been so useful!
Thank you both for your help!
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As it happens, I have an ancestor from Eichenbühl ! Could you provide a link or book title for the new source you mentioned?
Back in 2020 I emailed the Diocese of Würzburg and asked if I could get access to the records through the internet. I emphasized that I was intending to use the records for personal genealogical use (and not, for instance, Latter Day Saint ordinances, which the Catholic Church strongly opposes and is a major reason they sometimes are reluctant to publish their records) and that it was not possible, due to travel restrictions during the pandemic, for me to visit the archive. I offered to pay the amount I would have paid if I'd come in person. Nevertheless, they refused, and reiterated that their policy is to only allow in-person viewing of the records, even though the records have been digitized.
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The books were called Ortsfamilienbuch Eichenbüühl 1568-1910 by Theodor Stolzenberg. It is a two volume set. The books cost me about $200 and took about a month to get them, shipped through UPS. Here is the link where I ordered the books. https://gendi-shop.de/
If you send me the name of your ancestor and your email, I would be glad to do a lookup for you.
By the way, the link you sent me for the Diocese was very helpful. It listed all the towns that were part of that Diocese.
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I've sent you a private message.
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