Basel (Land) Canton, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Basel (Land) canton ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Featured Content
NEW! The state archives of Basel-Land have been digitizing their records and making them available online. To access the digital records, click [[here]]. The parishes are organized by town and then by religion. To view records: Click on the archival number before the town name. A PDF will download to your computer. Open the PDF. You will see a list of each volume available for the parish, with a description of the record type and years covered. If the records are available, you will see a blue link stating "zur Online-Version des Kirchenbuches". Click on the blue link; you will be taken to the digitized records.

Jurisdictions

 * Sissach

Research Tools
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Switzerland, Basel City Local Citizenship Requests (FamilySearch Historical Records)