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| ''[[Europe]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland]]''
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| ===Court records (''Gerichtsakten; Archives judiciaire; registri delle corti'')=== | | ===Court records (''Gerichtsakten; Archives judiciaire; registri delle corti'')=== |
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| Time Period: 1500-present. Some as early as 1290. | | Time Period: 1500-present. Some as early as 1290. |
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| Content: Marriage contracts and permissions: Names, relatives, witnesses, dates, conditions, properties, signatures. Wills and inventories: Testator’s names, heirs, witnesses, residences, dates, property descriptions, distributions, signatures. Divisions and inheritances: Heirs, sellers, buyers, witnesses, officials, residences, property descriptions. Orphan records: Guardianship assignments, parents’ names, apprenticeships. Land records: Buyers, sellers, witnesses, residences, property descriptions. Living gifts: Names of parents, children, ages of children, dates, residences. | | Content: |
| | *Marriage contracts and permissions: Names, relatives, witnesses, dates, conditions, properties, signatures. |
| | *Wills and inventories: Testator’s names, heirs, witnesses, residences, dates, property descriptions, distributions, signatures. |
| | *Divisions and inheritances: Heirs, sellers, buyers, witnesses, officials, residences, property descriptions. |
| | *Orphan records: Guardianship assignments, parents’ names, apprenticeships. |
| | *Land records: Buyers, sellers, witnesses, residences, property descriptions. |
| | *Living gifts: Names of parents, children, ages of children, dates, residences. |
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| Location: State, municipal, district and local court archives. | | Location: State, municipal, district and local court archives. |
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| Population coverage: 5%. | | Population coverage: 5%. |
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| | '''''Research Tutorial at FamilySearch''''' |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/swiss-court-records '''Swiss Chorgericht Records'''] |
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| Reliability: Very good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref> | | Reliability: Very good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Switzerland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref> |