Switzerland Websites: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:39, 4 January 2022

The Switzerland research websites listed as "Favorites" at the FamilySearch Library include:

Archives and libraries

	The usage of "Mormon" and "LDS" on this page is approved according to current policy.

Canton Information

Databases

Marriage records and where to acquire them for Zürich Canton from 1525 to 1800

Emigration and Immigration

Hamburg Passenger Lists FamilySearch Wiki article. Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into this article.
Swiss Volhynian Database at Ancestry.com
Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) - For German-speaking Swiss.
Germans from Russia - For German-speaking Swiss in Eastern Europe

General

Heraldry

Wappenauskunftsstelle der Zürcher Goldschmiede c/o Roland Spitzbarth Feldeggstr. 58 8008 Zürich Switzerland

History and Geography

General Swiss History
Swiss Historic Timeline
Google Book: A Short History of Switzerland
Map of Switzerland and Swiss cantons - Carte de Suisse et des cantons
map.search.ch/ (Karte: Schweiz - map search)

Language and Research guides

Links

Societies

Swiss Society of Genealogical Studies

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-The Switzerland research websites listed as "Favorites" at the Family History Library include:
+The Switzerland research websites listed as "Favorites" at the FamilySearch Library include:
 == Archives and libraries  ==
+{| style="float:right;
-*[http://www.lib-web.org/europe/germany-central-europe/switzerland/ Libraries in Switzerland]
+|-
-*[http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/ldsloc-m.htm SwissGen LDS Locality Catalogue Switzerland]
+|{{MormonLDSRemoval}}
+|}
+*[https://librarytechnology.org/libraries/ Directory of libraries]
+*[http://www.librarydir.org/CountryLibraries.aspx?Country=Switzerland Online Libraries in Switzerland]
 *[http://www.bar.admin.ch Swiss Federal Archives]
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 *[http://www.baselland.ch/Stichworte-A-Z.273427.0.html Canton Basel-Land Archive site]
 *[http://www.sta.be.ch/sta/en/index/staatsarchiv/staatsarchiv/genealogie.html Canton Bern State Archive - Genealogy]
-*[http://www.mindspring.com/~philipp/che.html Graubünden Genealogy]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070609085320/http://www.mindspring.com/~philipp/che.html Graubünden Genealogy]
-*[http://www.ag.kath.ch Roman Catholic Church in Aargau]
+*[https://www.kathaargau.ch/ Roman Catholic Church in Aargau]
 *[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/CH/kanton-m.htm Swiss genealogy Cantons]
 *[http://www.fr.ch/aef/ Canton Freiburg State Archive]
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 *[[Hamburg Passenger Lists]] FamilySearch Wiki article. Note: the old Hamburg Passenger Lists Resource Guide has been incorporated into this article.
-*[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=swissvol Swiss Volhynian Database at Ancestry.com]
+*[https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=swissvol Swiss Volhynian Database at Ancestry.com]
+*[http://www.feefhs.org/ Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)] - For German-speaking Swiss.
+*[[Germans from Russia|Germans from Russia]] - For German-speaking Swiss in Eastern Europe
 == General  ==
-*[http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml Currency Converter]
 *[http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/german-d.htm Schweizer Familienforschung auf dem Internet Deutsche Genealogie-Seiten]
 *[http://www.eye.ch/swissgen Swiss Family research on the net] (In English, German, French or Italian)
 *[http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/euro/ch Swiss Telephone Directories]
 *[http://tel.search.ch/ Swiss Telephone Directories 2]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~chewgw/ Switzerland GenWeb]
+*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~chewgw/ Switzerland GenWeb]
 *[http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml XE.com - The Full Universal Currency Converter]
 *[http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/famnam-m.htm Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz Swiss Family Name Handbook]
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 *[http://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home.html Swiss embassy website]
 *[http://www.swissinfo.ch/ General Swiss Information website]
 *[http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/forum/index.html Swiss research forum]
-*[http://www.swissclubchicago.com/genealogy.pdf How to Research in Switzerland]
 == Heraldry  ==
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 == History and Geography  ==
 *[http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/ General Swiss History]
 *[http://www.about.ch/history/index.html#CH_History_1 Swiss Historic Timeline]
 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=Q4RYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=history+of+switzerland&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Wd2VU9zwLMHfoAS5kYHIDQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=history%20of%20switzerland&f=false Google Book: A Short History of Switzerland]
 *[http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/map_m.htm Map of Switzerland and Swiss cantons - Carte de Suisse et des cantons]
 *[http://map.search.ch/ map.search.ch/] (Karte: Schweiz - map search)
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 == Language and Research guides  ==
-*[http://www.swissclubchicago.com/genealogy.pdf How to Research in Switzerland]
 *[[French Wordlist]]
 *[[France Letter Writing Guide]]
 *[[French Republican Calendar]]
 *[[German Word List]]
-*[[Germany Letter Writing Guide]]
+*[[German Letter Writing Guide]]
-*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/c/ca/German_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf Gothic Handwriting Guide]
+*[[Media:German_Gothic_Handwriting_Guide.pdf|Gothic Handwriting Guide]]
 *[[Italian Genealogical Word List]]
 *[[Italy Letter Writing Guide]]
 *[http://www.google.com/language_tools Language Tools]
 *[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
-*[http://un2sg1.unige.ch/athena/helvetia/ch_lang.html SWISS LANGUAGE Map]
+*[http://dict.leo.org/?search=family&searchLoc=0&relink=on&spellToler=standard&sectHdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed&lang=en Translation and Dictionary helps]
-*[http://dict.leo.org/?search=family&searchLoc=0&relink=on&spellToler=standard&sectHdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed&lang=en Translation and Dictionary helps]
+* Register of Swiss Surnames [[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/famn/?lg=e]]
-*[http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/Religious_Communities_Archives/Europe/Switzerland/index.shtml UNESCO Directory of Religious Archives - Switzerland]
 == Links  ==
 *[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/switzerland/index.html Switzerland Genealogy Links]
-*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/switzerland.html Switzerland Genealogy Resources]
+*[http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/CH/gener-e.htm Swiss Genealogy on the Internet.]
+*[http://theswisscenter.org/swissroots/genealogy/?Id=233 Swiss Center, Swiss Roots]
+*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/switzerland/index.html Genealogy Links]
 == Societies  ==
-Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Familienforschung SGFF President Dr. Heinz Ochsner Grabenweg 1 4414 Füllinsdorf Switzerland Email:[[H.ochsner@dplanet.ch|h.ochsner@dplanet.ch]]
+*[http://www.sgffweb.ch/index.php?lang=en Swiss Society of Genealogical Studies]
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