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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:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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
| 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
| 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]]
|-
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Age
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Birth date and birth place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
| —
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Switzerland Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Switzerland Maps|Maps]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Switzerland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| [[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[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:'''
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Switzerland Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[Switzerland History|History]]
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Switzerland Church History|Church History]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Language helps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Language and Languages|Languages]], [[Switzerland Handwriting|Handwriting]]
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| —
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Switzerland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Switzerland|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
| —
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|-
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*Directories
| Marriage information
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| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| [[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]], [[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
|  
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Switzerland Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Switzerland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Noble families
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*Nobility
| [[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[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
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Military Records|Military Records]]
*Social Life and Customs
| —
*[[Switzerland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Switzerland Military Records|Military records]]
| [[Switzerland Maps|Maps]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Switzerland Language and Languages|Languages]]
| [[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
*[[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
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Switzerland Handwriting|Handwriting]]
| [[Switzerland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Switzerland Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Switzerland Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
| —
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]], [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| [[Switzerland Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social activities
|
| [[Switzerland Societies|Societies]]
*[[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]]
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|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.'''
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    <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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[[Category:Switzerland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Revision as of 12:42, 7 November 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 Church Records, Civil Registration Obituaries
Birth date and birth place Church Records, Civil Registration, Census —
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers, Historical Geography Maps
Death information Church Records, Civil Registration Obituaries
Emigration information Emigration & Immigration Naturalization & Citizenship
Historical background Historical Geography, History Church History
Language helps Languages, Handwriting —
Living relatives Directories Obituaries
Maiden name Church Records, Civil Registration —
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration Religious Records, Genealogy
Naming customs Names, Personal Periodicals
Noble families Heraldry Genealogy
Occupations Occupations Church Records, Civil Registration
Parents, children, and other family members Church Records, Civil Registration Census
Physical description Military Records —
Place-finding aids Gazetteers Maps
Places of residence Church Records, Civil Registration Naturalization & Citizenship
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy Periodicals
Record-finding aids Gazetteers —
Religion Religious Records, Church Records, Civil Registration Church History
Social activities Societies —
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