Thunstetten Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

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Guide to Thunstetten parish, Bern, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Surrounding Parishes
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Thunstetten Gemeinde
It consists of about 3.7 square miles and had a population of about 1800 persons in 1850.

Surnames
The community or gemeinde of Thunstetten was the heimat or ancestral home for about 30 different surnames. The Register of Swiss Surnames provides the surnames associated with every gemeinde or community in Switzerland. The register provides correct spellings for surnames and place names.

Locations
A map that shows the villages in Thunstetten centuries old; namely, Thunstetten, Büztberg, etc

Genealogies
There are numerous compiled genealogies that have been created since 1900; however, they need to be verified by researching the parish registers since it has been proven that a percentage of them are inaccurate.

The following genealogies have been researched for Thunstetten families:


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Church Records
(see here for an article describing the Bern Church records)

The parish registers for Thunstetten were recorded in the following volumes, as numbered by the Cantonal Archive of Bern:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern