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==Definition== | |||
Civil registration (''Zivilstand / état civil / stato civile'') is the government record of births, marriages, and deaths. These civil registers are kept by the local civil registration office (''Zivilstandsamt / service de l'état civil / ufficio dello stato civile'') of each political community. Beginning in 1876, the civil registration office kept two separate sets of books: '''A-registers''' (records of births, marriages, and deaths occurring in the community regardless of citizenship) and '''B-registers''' (births, marriages, and deaths of citizens of the community that occurred outside the community). In 1928, the B-registers were discontinued and officially replaced by family registers (''Familienregister / registres des familles / registro delle famiglie'') kept by the civil registrar. | |||
== | ==Time Coverage== | ||
Nationwide civil registration began on 1 Jan 1876. Several cantons began keeping records earlier. | |||
* | *Pre-1876 civil registration records are also available for the following cantons: | ||
* | **Basel-Landschaft: 1827 | ||
* | **Fribourg: 1849 | ||
* | **Genève: 1798 | ||
* | **Glarus: 1849 | ||
**Neuchâtel: 1825 | |||
**Sankt Gallen: 1867 | |||
**Schaffhausen: 1849 | |||
**Solothurn: 1836 | |||
**Ticino: 1855 | |||
**Vaud: 1821 | |||
**Valais: 1853 | |||
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'''Bürgerbücher or Bürgerrodel (Citizens’ Books)''' were kept by some communities as early as the 1820s. | |||
== Type of Information Given in Civil Registration Records == | |||
===Birth Registers=== | |||
*Name | |||
*Date and place of birth of child | |||
*Names, residence and occupation of the parents | |||
===Marriage Registers=== | |||
*Names, ages, residences, and occupation of bride and groom | |||
*Date and place of marriage | *Date and place of marriage | ||
*Names | *Names, residence, occupation of parents | ||
*Names of witnesses and person who performed the ceremony | *Names of witnesses and person who performed the ceremony | ||
===Death registers=== | |||
===Death registers | |||
*Name of deceased | *Name of deceased | ||
* | *Age | ||
*Sometimes place of birth | |||
*Date and place of death | *Date and place of death | ||
*Occupation | *Occupation | ||
*Name of surviving spouse | *Name of surviving spouse | ||
* | *Name and residence of informant | ||
*Sometimes | *Cause of death | ||
*Sometimes names of children | *Sometimes names of parents | ||
*Sometimes names of children. | |||
===Family | ===Familienregister (Family Register=== | ||
This volume consists of a separate page for each married couple and their children. Entries may include the couple’s parents’ names and notes about occupation, emigration, or other unusual circumstances. | |||
===Bürgerbücher or Bürgerrodel (Citizens’ Books)=== | |||
These contain about the same information as found in the modern Familienregister. | |||
==Accessing the Records== | |||
*Requests for information concerning ancestral families may be obtained by writing to the appropriate ZivilStandesamt. | |||
*Access to records less than 100 years old is generally restricted to direct-line relatives. | |||
*An up-to-date Excel file with contact information for civil registration offices nationwide can be downloaded at: [http://www.weesen.ch/dl.php/de/0cvo8-t4pgw9/ZVA_Liste_2008.pdf '''Addresses for Civil Registration (ZivilStandesamt) Offices (.pdf)'''] | |||
*Consult the [[Switzerland Genealogy#Language Map of Switzerland|'''Language Map of Switzerland''']], and then write your request in the appropriate language: | *Consult the [[Switzerland Genealogy#Language Map of Switzerland|'''Language Map of Switzerland''']], and then write your request in the appropriate language: | ||
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**[[French Letter Writing Guide]] | **[[French Letter Writing Guide]] | ||
===Online Civil Registration Records=== | |||
== | *'''1792 - 1876''' - {{RecordSearch|1883390|Switzerland, Bern, Civil Registration, 1792-1876}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images | ||
[[Category:Switzerland Vital Records]] | [[Category:Switzerland Vital Records]] | ||
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Definition[edit | edit source]
Civil registration (Zivilstand / état civil / stato civile) is the government record of births, marriages, and deaths. These civil registers are kept by the local civil registration office (Zivilstandsamt / service de l'état civil / ufficio dello stato civile) of each political community. Beginning in 1876, the civil registration office kept two separate sets of books: A-registers (records of births, marriages, and deaths occurring in the community regardless of citizenship) and B-registers (births, marriages, and deaths of citizens of the community that occurred outside the community). In 1928, the B-registers were discontinued and officially replaced by family registers (Familienregister / registres des familles / registro delle famiglie) kept by the civil registrar.
Time Coverage[edit | edit source]
Nationwide civil registration began on 1 Jan 1876. Several cantons began keeping records earlier.
- Pre-1876 civil registration records are also available for the following cantons:
- Basel-Landschaft: 1827
- Fribourg: 1849
- Genève: 1798
- Glarus: 1849
- Neuchâtel: 1825
- Sankt Gallen: 1867
- Schaffhausen: 1849
- Solothurn: 1836
- Ticino: 1855
- Vaud: 1821
- Valais: 1853
Bürgerbücher or Bürgerrodel (Citizens’ Books) were kept by some communities as early as the 1820s.
Type of Information Given in Civil Registration Records[edit | edit source]
Birth Registers[edit | edit source]
- Name
- Date and place of birth of child
- Names, residence and occupation of the parents
Marriage Registers[edit | edit source]
- Names, ages, residences, and occupation of bride and groom
- Date and place of marriage
- Names, residence, occupation of parents
- Names of witnesses and person who performed the ceremony
Death registers[edit | edit source]
- Name of deceased
- Age
- Sometimes place of birth
- Date and place of death
- Occupation
- Name of surviving spouse
- Name and residence of informant
- Cause of death
- Sometimes names of parents
- Sometimes names of children.
Familienregister (Family Register[edit | edit source]
This volume consists of a separate page for each married couple and their children. Entries may include the couple’s parents’ names and notes about occupation, emigration, or other unusual circumstances.
Bürgerbücher or Bürgerrodel (Citizens’ Books)[edit | edit source]
These contain about the same information as found in the modern Familienregister.
Accessing the Records[edit | edit source]
- Requests for information concerning ancestral families may be obtained by writing to the appropriate ZivilStandesamt.
- Access to records less than 100 years old is generally restricted to direct-line relatives.
- An up-to-date Excel file with contact information for civil registration offices nationwide can be downloaded at: Addresses for Civil Registration (ZivilStandesamt) Offices (.pdf)
- Consult the Language Map of Switzerland, and then write your request in the appropriate language:
Online Civil Registration Records[edit | edit source]
- 1792 - 1876 - Switzerland, Bern, Civil Registration, 1792-1876 at FamilySearch — index and images