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== Record Finder Table for Switzerland ==
== Record Finder Table for France ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Switzerland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the France topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[France Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
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|-  
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


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| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[France Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[France Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Switzerland Directories|Directories]]
*[[France Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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|-  
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]


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|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin  
| align="left" | Country and town of origin  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[France Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]


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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
 
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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[France Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|-
*Directories
*Directories
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*Nobility
*Nobility
*[[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*Heraldry
*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


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| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[France Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[France Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[France Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland History|History]]
*[[France History|History]]
*[[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]]
*[[Switzerland Church History|Church History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Social Life and Customs
*Social Life and Customs
*[[Switzerland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland History|History]]
*[[France History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Military Records|Military records]]
*[[France Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


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|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[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
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Handwriting|Handwriting]]
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|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Switzerland Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
*Names, personal
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|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| align="left" |Online classes
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| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" |Writing for records
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*[[Germany Letter Writing Guide]]
*[[Italy Letter Writing Guide]]
*[[French Letter Writing Guide]]
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     <li>[[Canton Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy|Aargau (AG)]]</li>  
     <li>[[Canton Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy|Aargau (AG)]]</li>  
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| Birth date and birth place
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Switzerland Census|Census]]
| —
|-
| Death information
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
| Emigration information
| [[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]]
| [[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|-
| Language helps
| [[Switzerland Language and Languages|Languages]], [[Switzerland Handwriting|Handwriting]]
| —
|-
| Living relatives
| [[Switzerland Directories|Directories]]
| [[Switzerland|Obituaries]]
|-
| Maiden name 
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| —
|-
| Marriage information
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]], [[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|
|-
| Naming customs
| [[Switzerland Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
| [[Switzerland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Noble families
| [[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| [[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|-
| Occupations
| [[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Switzerland Census|Census]]
|-
| Physical description
| [[Switzerland Military Records|Military Records]]
| —
|-
| Places of residence
| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|-
| Religion
| [[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]], [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Switzerland Church History|Church History]]
|-
| Social activities
| [[Switzerland Societies|Societies]]
| —
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[[Category:Switzerland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
[[Category:Switzerland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Revision as of 17:38, 26 January 2021

Switzerland Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
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Moderator

The FamilySearch moderator for Switzerland is Daniel Jones.

Record Finder Table for France[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the France topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
  • Nobility
  • Heraldry
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Life and Customs
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Naming patterns
  • Names, personal
Online classes
Writing for records

Cantons[edit | edit source]

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.
Birth date and birth place Church Records, Civil Registration, Census —
Death information Church Records, Civil Registration Obituaries
Emigration information Emigration & Immigration Naturalization & Citizenship
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 —
Places of residence Church Records, Civil Registration Naturalization & Citizenship
Religion Religious Records, Church Records, Civil Registration Church History
Social activities Societies —
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