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 contact information: [mailto:staatsarchiv@ar.ch staatsarchiv@ar.ch]<br>
 '''Collections include:''' <br>
-Original church registers, found online [https://www.ar.ch/verwaltung/kantonskanzlei/staatsarchiv/kirchenbuecher-online/ '''here''']. To learn how to navigate the church books, check out the [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki-elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/1/17/1-Appenzell_Archives-Instruction.pdf '''"How to" Guide''']
+*Original church registers, found online [https://www.ar.ch/verwaltung/kantonskanzlei/staatsarchiv/kirchenbuecher-online/ '''here''']. To learn how to navigate the church books, check out the [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ps-services-us-east-1-914248642252/s3/research-wiki-elasticsearch-prod-s3bucket/images/1/17/1-Appenzell_Archives-Instruction.pdf '''"How to" Guide''']
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 <div class="NavHead"><font size="3">Appenzell-Innerrhoden</font></div>
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-Staatsarchiv Appenzell-Innerrhoden
+Landesarchiv Appenzell-Innerrhoden<br>
+Marktgasse 2<br>
+Appenzell<br>
+[https://www.ai.ch/themen/kultur-und-geschichte/archiv website]<br>
+contact information: [mailto:sandro.frefel@rk.ai.ch sandro.frefel@rk.ai.ch]
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 <div class="NavHead"><font size="3">Basel-Landschaft</font></div>
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-Staatsarchiv Basel-Landschaft
+Staatsarchiv Basel-Landschaft<br>
+Wiedenhubstrasse 35<br>
+Liestal<br>
+[https://www.baselland.ch/politik-und-behorden/besondere-behorden/staatsarchiv website]<br>
+contact information: [mailto:staatsarchiv@bl.ch staatsarchiv@bl.ch]
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 <div class="NavHead"><font size="3">Basel-Stadt</font></div>
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-Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt<br>Martingasse 2<br>CH-4001 Basel<br>
+Staatsarchiv des Kantons Basel-Stadt<br>Martingasse 2<br>4001 Basel<br>
+[http://www.staatsarchiv.bs.ch/ website]<br>
+contact information: [mailto:stabs@bs.ch stabs@bs.ch]
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 <div class="NavHead"><font size="3">Bern</font></div>
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-Staatsarchiv Bern <br>Falkenplatz 4 <br>3011 Bern
+Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern <br>Falkenplatz 4 <br>3011 Bern<br>
+[http://www.sta.be.ch/sta/de/index/staatsarchiv/staatsarchiv.html website]
+contact information: [mailto:staatsarchiv@be.ch staatsarchiv@be.ch]
+'''Collections include:''' <br>
+*Original church records online, can be found [http://www.query.sta.be.ch/archivplansuche.aspx?ID=37 '''here''']. Click on Kirchenbücher, then choose the parish from the alphabetical list. Available church books are listed with the record type and time period listed for each book.
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