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===City directories<br>(''Adreßbücher''<br>''Répertoires d’adresses'')===
 
Research use:  Used to locate residents in large cities, to determine parish jurisdictions, and to identify occupations and residence over a period of time.
 
Record type:  Directories of residents of larger cities.
 
Time Period:  1700-present.
 
Content:  Residents’ names, addresses, occupations or places of employment.
 
Location:  City archives and libraries.
 
Population coverage:  15%.
 
Reliability:  Fair.<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>
 
== References ==
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City directories
(Adreßbücher
Répertoires d’adresses)
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Research use: Used to locate residents in large cities, to determine parish jurisdictions, and to identify occupations and residence over a period of time.

Record type: Directories of residents of larger cities.

Time Period: 1700-present.

Content: Residents’ names, addresses, occupations or places of employment.

Location: City archives and libraries.

Population coverage: 15%.

Reliability: Fair.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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.