Twiste Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, German Empire Genealogy

Guide to Twiste Parish, Waldeck and Pyrmont, Germany ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Jurisdictional Changes
Twiste 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 Twiste.

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

Church Records
Church records for Waldeck and Pyrmont 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.

Twiste
Church records begin in 1641.


 * 1641-1671 Church records 1641-1671 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1671-1712 Church records 1671-1712 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1712-1784 Church records 1712-1784 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1784-1825 Church records 1784-1825 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1826-1929 Church records 1826-1929 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1870 Baptisms 1832-1870 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1871-1902 Baptisms 1871-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1930 Baptisms 1903-1930 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1934 Confirmations 1903-1934 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1897 Marriages 1832-1897 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1898-1902 Marriages 1898-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1952 Marriages 1903-1952 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1952-2013 Marriages 1952-2013 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1874 Burials 1832-1874 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1875-1902 Burials 1875-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1976 Burials 1903-1976 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1977-2013 Burials 1977-2013 at Archion - images, ($)

Braunsen
For earlier records, check Elleringhausen church records in the parish Ober-Waroldern.


 * 1706-1792 Church records 1706-1792 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1793-1833 Church records 1793-1833 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1832-1902 Church records 1832-1902 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1956 Baptisms 1903-1956 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1994 Confirmations 1903-1994 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-1960 Marriages 1903-1960 at Archion - images, ($)
 * 1903-2012 Burials 1903-2012 at Archion - images, ($)

Civil Registration
Civil registration for Twiste began in January 1876.

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies.

Pyrmont
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library Lower Saxony State and University Library in Göttingen Hanover State Church Archives Lower Saxony Society of Family History Lower Saxony State Archive Paderborn Archdiocese Archive

Waldeck
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck Hessian State Archives Paderborn Archdiocese Archive Society for Family Studies in Kurhessen and Waldeck Waldeck Bibliography