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| | Many Germans came as early as 1637 to Zürich to practice their trades, such as printers, bakers, dyers, goldsmiths, coopers, painters and many others. In the same time period there were more than 50 German girls serving as servants. According to an article by Konrad Schulthess, at this time there was a German population of about 200 people serving in various capacities.<ref>Genealogie Heft 2 19. Jahrgang Feb. 1970 P. 39 |
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| ===Citizenship records and household registers<br>(''Bürger- und Haushaltungsregister; Registres de bourgeoisie et Livre des habitants'')=== | | ===Citizenship records and household registers<br>(''Bürger- und Haushaltungsregister; Registres de bourgeoisie et Livre des habitants'')=== |
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| Content: Names, ages, sometimes social and economic status of citizens, occupations, town of origin, dates when citizenship rights in a town were acquired, sometimes family relationships including father, wife and father-in-law. | | Content: Names, ages, sometimes social and economic status of citizens, occupations, town of origin, dates when citizenship rights in a town were acquired, sometimes family relationships including father, wife and father-in-law. |
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| Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref>
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| ===Guild and apprentice records<br>(''Zunftbücher und Lehrlingsregister''<br>''Corporations de métiers et Apprentis''<br>''Corporazione di mestiere e apprendiste'')=== | | ===Guild and apprentice records<br>(''Zunftbücher und Lehrlingsregister''<br>''Corporations de métiers et Apprentis''<br>''Corporazione di mestiere e apprendiste'')=== |
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| Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref>
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| == References == | | == References == |