Primary Sources for Genealogical Information in Comal County

Last Updated:2009.08.26

County Clerk's Office, Courthouse Annex, 150 N. Seguin, Suite 101, New Braunfels, TX 78130

1845 to present: land records (name of buyer & seller), deeds of trust, Power of Attorney, proof of heirship, foreclosures (Sheriff's sale), right-of-way (road, utilities, etc.), maps and plats of towns and property in Comal County.
Index to naturalization records and other records if done in probate or commissioners court.
1846 to present: marriage records. 1903-present: birth and death records.
Records on Marks and Brands, 1845-present.
Estray Animals, 1847-present; Military Discharge, 1919-present; surveyor's records 1836-present; probate records 1846-present

District Clerk's Office, Courthouse Annex, 150 N. Seguin, Suite 304, New Braunfels, TX 78130

First Protestant Church, 172 W. Coll, New Braunfels, TX 78130:

Church records from 1845 to present (translated from German). Records include baptism, marriage, confirmation, death, and communion.
Neighborville & Hortontown church records, 1850-1905 (not translated).
Family trees of church members (1856).
Some family research.
Reverend Ervendburg's records (some translated) 1836-1845.

Catholic Chancery Archives, 2718 W. Woodlawn, San Antonio, TX 78228:

Sophienburg Archives, 401 West Coll Street, New Braunfels, TX 78130

German Language local newspapers from 1852-1957 (Neu Braunfelser Zeitung). Partially indexed.
English Language newspaper from 1905-present (New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung).
Oral history by many "old-timers", 2,000+ at this writing. About 30% transcribed and indexed.
Photographs-Seidel / Braunfels Studio collection 1928-1980. Others from Herald Zeitung, and private collections totaling nearly 1 million.
Family Bibles and books.
Solms-Braunfels Archives Collection (German). Indexed.
All Comal County Genealogy Society holdings.