G2G: Where is Talle, Lippe, Germany? Baptism Records

Question

Hello! I'm trying to understand more about the geography in Germany from the 1800s. For a few my ancestors, their baptism records say  "Evangelisch,Talle,Lippe,Germany"

I know that Evangelisch is probably a Protestant church. But where is Talle? I have done a few quick Google searches, looked at Wikipedia and maps from the 1800-1900s. Any help would be greatly appreciated 

 

Comments

You can find the parish records of Talle at archion.de. for about 20 EUR you can search for 4 weeks.

Answer 1

Talle is a village in the Kreis (district) of Lippe in the eastern part of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The Lippe district was named after the Lords of Lippe and the Principality of Lippe. It was a state within the Holy Roman Empire and retained statehood until 1947, when it became a district of North Rhine-Westphalia. If you'd like to try to find Lippe on a map, its geographical coordinates are 52° 6' 0" North, 8° 54' 0" East.

Comments

There is an article about Talle in the German wikipedia. Today Talle is part of the municipality Kalletal.

Answer 2

For all questions on small villages, towns, even smaller settlements (eg Weiler) please consult the database GOV:

 

http://gov.genealogy.net/search/index

 

It has over 1 million entries. For Talle you will find:

http://gov.genealogy.net/item/show/TALLLEJO42KC

amongst other entries for the parish and the church in Talle

 

Please do also join the German Roots project here at WikiTree if you haven't done so and add the category of "German_Roots" to all your profiles who were born in Germany (not people descending from German born in other countries)

Comments

Wow! This resource is fascinating! I look forward to learning better how to interpret the data and collections there. Many thanks.

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Check out their Metasuche (means meta search) which searches all their databases at once for a surname and location (surname alone also works).

 

genealogy.net is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) German resources in genealogy. They have heaps of entries and lots of volunteers transcribing address books, casualties reports from WWI  and other sources, all focused on Germany.