Schaffhausen Canton, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Schaffhausen canton ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
The city allied with six of the Swiss confederates in 1454 and allied with a further two Uri and Unterwalden in 1479. Schaffhausen became a full member of the Old Swiss Confederation in 1501. The cantonal constitution was written in 1876 and revised in 1895. Schaffhausen is a German speaking canton 

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Schaffhausen church records are now available online! Click here to access the church records.

Jurisdictions

 * Bargen
 * Barzheim
 * Beggingen
 * Beringen
 * Buch
 * Dörflingen
 * Guntmadingen
 * Gächlingen
 * Hemishofen
 * Hemmental
 * Lohn
 * Löhningen
 * Merishausen
 * Neuhausen am Rheinfall
 * Neunkirch
 * Oberhallau
 * Opfertshofen
 * Osterfingen
 * Ramsen
 * Rüdlingen
 * Schaffhausen
 * Schleitheim
 * Siblingen
 * Stein am Rhein
 * Thayngen
 * Trasadingen
 * Unterhallau
 * Wilchingen

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

Switzerland, Schaffhausen Genealogies and City Directories (FamilySearch Historical Records)