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== Record Finder Table for Switzerland ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
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.


[[File:Genealogical records in Switzerland.png]]<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>
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Switzerland topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-  
|}


== References ==
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{{reflist}}
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|


[[Category:Switzerland]]
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Switzerland Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
 
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
*[[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
|-
*Directories
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Nobility
*[[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland History|History]]
*[[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]]
*[[Switzerland Church History|Church History]]
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Social Life and Customs
*[[Switzerland Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland History|History]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Military Records|Military records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| 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]]
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Switzerland Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
|
*[[Germany Letter Writing Guide]]
*[[Italy Letter Writing Guide]]
*[[French Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
 
==Cantons==
{|
|[[File: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.'''
|}
{| style="width:70%; vertical-align:top;"
|-
|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Canton Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy|Aargau (AG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland Genealogy|Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland Genealogy|Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy|Basel-Landschaft (BL)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Basel-Stadt, Switzerland Genealogy|Basel-Stadt (BS)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Bern, Switzerland Genealogy|Bern (BE)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Fribourg, Switzerland Genealogy|Fribourg (FR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Genève, Switzerland Genealogy|Genève (Geneva) (GE)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy|Glarus (GL)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy|Graubünden (Grisons) (GR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Jura, Switzerland Genealogy|Jura (JU)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Luzern, Switzerland Genealogy|Luzern (Lucerne) (LU)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Neuchâtel, Switzerland Genealogy|Neuchâtel (NE)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland Genealogy|Nidwalden (NW)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Obwalden, Switzerland Genealogy|Obwalden (OW)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy|Sankt Gallen (SG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy|Schaffhausen (SH)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Schwyz, Switzerland Genealogy|Schwyz (SZ)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Solothurn, Switzerland Genealogy|Solothurn (SO)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Thurgau, Switzerland Genealogy|Thurgau (TG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy|Ticino (TI)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Uri, Switzerland Genealogy|Uri (UR)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Valais, Switzerland Genealogy|Valais (VS)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Vaud, Switzerland Genealogy|Vaud (VD)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Zug, Switzerland Genealogy|Zug (ZG)]]</li>
    <li>[[Canton Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy|Zürich (ZH)]]</li>
</ul>
|}
 
 
[[Category:Switzerland Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024


Switzerland Wiki Topics
Flag of Switzerland
Switzerland Beginning Research
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Record Finder Table for Switzerland[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 Switzerland 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]

  • Directories
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
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
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.
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