Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Directories, Emigration, and Genealogies - FamilySearch Historical Records

Switzerland

Schaffhausen

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Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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Location of Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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Record Description
Record Type:	Directories, Emigration, Genealogies
Collection years:	1460-1952
Languages:	German
Title in the Language:	Schweiz, Schaffhausen Stammbäume und Stadtadreßbücher, 1460-1952
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What is in This Collection?

This collection includes city directories (various directories from 1865 to 1952) and compiled genealogies for the Schaffhausen area. The three compiled genealogies are especially valuable; they compile vital information (names, dates, and places) for Schaffhausen families and arrange this data by surname. Persons seeking information about a particular ancestor can look up the ancestor by surname and will likely add multiple generations to their pedigree.

The genealogies in this collection cover material starting as early as 1460 and go through about 1900. The city directories vary in the years covered (1865-1952); most are for the late 1800s and early 1900s.

City directories were created to enumerate the households in the Schaffhausen area. The genealogies were compiled from the available vital records to collect information about Schaffhausen families.

City directories are fairly reliable sources for a person’s address. Other information found in the entries (for example, the wife’s surname or the occupation of the householder) is only as reliable as the person who provided the information. Compiled genealogies include information usually extracted from original records; however, sometimes the data is from personal memory. In any case, the data is only as reliable as the original source (records or memory) and should be corroborated with other available records.

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To Browse This Collection

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

City directory

• Householder’s surname and given name
• Householder’s street and number
• Householder’s occupation
• In later records, the maiden name of householder’s wife

Genealogical

• Husband’s name and vital information (birth, marriage, and death)
• Wife’s maiden name and vital information (birth and death)
• Children’s names with vital information, sometimes including “see also” references to other pages in the genealogies
• Sometimes data for several generations of people

Collection Content

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  City Directories 1

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  1865 City Directories 2

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How Do I Analyze the Results?

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What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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• Use the age to find an approximate birth year to begin your search in church or civil records
• Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have moved, been recruited or lived nearby.
• When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors *Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

• Switch to a different record collection. Depending on the time period, either Civil Registration records or Church Records may be more useful
• While searching, it is helpful to know such information as the ancestor’s given name and surname, some identifying information such as residence and age, and family relationships. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as an ancestor and that the ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times
• Keep in mind that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
• Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in.

Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in Switzerland.

• Switzerland Record Finder
• Switzerland Research Tips and Strategies

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