Switzerland Online Genealogy Records

Switzerland Online Genealogy Records These are genealogy links to Switzerland online databases to assist in researching your family history. This online collection has links to online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, native races, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

Vital Records Births, Baptisms, or Christenings; Marriages; Deaths or Burials Switzerland, Church Records, 1277-1992. Images of original church records (christenings, marriages, burials, etc.) from various cantons of Basel-Stadt, Bern, and Schaffhausen . The images for the canton of Bern can only be viewed at the Family History Library, FamilySearch Centers, and by members of the supporting organization, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Images for Basel-Stadt and Schaffhausen are unrestricted and can be viewed by all users. Images, no indexes. Incomplete. Also includes confirmation records and family books. Switzerland, Baptisms, 1491-1940. Only a few localities are included. Index. Incomplete. Also available at MyHeritage.com, ($). Switzerland, Marriages, 1532-1910. Index to selected Switzerland marriages. Only a few localities are included. Also available at {http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-30093/switzerland-marriages-1532-1910?s=218489221 MyHeritage.com], ($). Also available at Ancestry.com, ($). Switzerland, Church Book Extracts, 1550-1875 for several Kantons. Images, no index. Incomplete. Switzerland Burials, 1613-1875. Index to selected Switzerland burials. Only a few localities are included. Also available at MyHeritage.com, ($), also available at Ancestry.com, ($). Switzerland, Bern, Civil Registration, 1792-1876. Images and index. Incomplete. Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths for Canton Bern, Switzerland. Includes the towns of Belprahon, Bern, Biel, Bözingen, Châtelat, La Ferrière, Monible, Moutier, Perrefitte, Renan, Roches, Saint-Imier, Sonvilier, Sornetan, Souboz, and Tramelan. Church books of Kanton Appenzell. Images, no index. Large Databases With Many Record Types Biographies Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon Der Schweiz), 1934. Cemeteries Census See Censuses of Fribourg, 1811-1880. Citizenship The Family Name Book of the Swiss (Famielennamenbuch der Schweiz). Citizenship in Switzerland was held by specific town. This book lists all the towns in which a families with particular surname were found. Compiled Genealogies Index to the genealogies of Dr. Julius Billeter. Julius Billeter produced records covering at least one thousand family names, with each surname covering well over a thousand individuals. As with all compiled research, these genealogies are prone to errors. In some cases, more than 25% of his generational connections are incorrect. It is encouraged to check the information within these genealogies against primary sources (church books, family registers, etc.) to ensure that the research is correct. Emigration, Immigration, and Passenger Lists Lists of Swiss emigrants in the eighteenth century to the American colonies. Washington, D.C. : National Genealogical Society, 1706-1795. Books, Vol. I and II. Index and images. Has whole text. Also available at Ancestry.com, ($). Search Engine. Swiss Overseas Emigration (Überseeische Auswanderungen aus der Schweiz), 1910-1953, ($). In German, some Italian, and French. Index. Incomplete. Jewish Records Jewish Arrivals In Switzerland, 1938-1945. Also available Ancestry.com. This database contains records for 21,730 Jews who arrived in Switzerland between 1938 and 1945.

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