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== Record Finder Table for Switzerland ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Switzerland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
 
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Switzerland_Church_Records|Swiss Church Records],
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth date and birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Switzerland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
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*[[Switzerland Directories|Directories]]
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*[[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|  
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|  
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
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=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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|-
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| align="left" | Residence
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
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*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|-
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*Directories
| Occupations
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
|
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Nobility
*[[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
|  
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland History|History]]
*[[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]]
*[[Switzerland Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*Social Life and Customs
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*[[Switzerland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
|  
*[[Switzerland Military Records|Military records]]
|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Switzerland Language and Languages|Languages]]
|  
*[[German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Italian Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Media:Swiss_Genealogical_Word_List_approved.pdf|Swiss Dialect Genealogical Word List]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Switzerland Handwriting|Handwriting]]
|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
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*[[Switzerland Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
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|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
|
*[[Germany Letter Writing Guide]]
*[[Italy Letter Writing Guide]]
*[[French Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
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==Cantons==
[[Category:Switzerland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each canton, including links to actual records.'''
|}
{| style="width:70%; vertical-align:top;"
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<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Canton Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy|Aargau (AG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland Genealogy|Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland Genealogy|Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy|Basel-Landschaft (BL)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland Genealogy|Basel-Stadt (BS)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Bern, Switzerland Genealogy|Bern (BE)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Fribourg, Switzerland Genealogy|Fribourg (FR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Genève, Switzerland Genealogy|Genève (Geneva) (GE)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy|Glarus (GL)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy|Graubünden (Grisons) (GR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Jura, Switzerland Genealogy|Jura (JU)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Luzern, Switzerland Genealogy|Luzern (Lucerne) (LU)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Neuchâtel, Switzerland Genealogy|Neuchâtel (NE)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland Genealogy|Nidwalden (NW)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Obwalden, Switzerland Genealogy|Obwalden (OW)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy|Sankt Gallen (SG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy|Schaffhausen (SH)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Schwyz, Switzerland Genealogy|Schwyz (SZ)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Solothurn, Switzerland Genealogy|Solothurn (SO)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Thurgau, Switzerland Genealogy|Thurgau (TG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy|Ticino (TI)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Uri, Switzerland Genealogy|Uri (UR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Valais, Switzerland Genealogy|Valais (VS)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Vaud, Switzerland Genealogy|Vaud (VD)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Zug, Switzerland Genealogy|Zug (ZG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy|Zürich (ZH)]]</li>
</ul>
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Revision as of 09:48, 20 May 2017

Switzerland Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Switzerland Background
Local Research Resources
Moderator

The FamilySearch moderator for Switzerland is Daniel Jones.

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Swiss Church Records],
Birth date and birthplace
Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
Death information
Emigration information
Historical background
Language helps
Living relatives
Maiden name
Marriage information
Naming customs
Noble families
Occupations
Parents, children, and other family members
Physical description
Place-finding aids
Places of residence
Previous research (compiled genealogy)
Record-finding aids
Religion
Social activities
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