Therwil Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Therwil Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Church Records
The parish church in Therwil was established in 1267. It became Reformed in 1526, and was re-Catholicized in 1590. It included Ettingen until 1802. Parish records for Therwil are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 34 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1589-1909 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1612-1909 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1647-1930 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1649-1886 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1812-1875 Family book at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

Census
(See here for information regarding Basel-Landschaft census records.)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Therwil prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Basel-Landschaft

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)