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===City directories<br>(''Adreßbücher''<br>''Répertoires d’adresses'')===
===City directories<br>(''Adreßbücher''<br>''Répertoires d’adresses'')===


Research use:  Used to locate residents in large cities, to determine parish jurisdictions, and to identify occupations and residence over a period of time.
These records are used to locate residents in large cities, to determine parish jurisdictions, and to identify occupations and residence over a period of time. They generally exist from the 1700s to the present and contain the names, addresses, occupations or places of employment of the city's residents. Directories can be found in city archives and libraries.
 
Record type:  Directories of residents of larger cities.
 
Time Period:  1700-present.
 
Content:  Residents’ names, addresses, occupations or places of employment.
 
Location:  City archives and libraries.
 
Population coverage:  15%.
 
Reliability:  Fair.<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>
 
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City directories
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Répertoires d’adresses)
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These records are used to locate residents in large cities, to determine parish jurisdictions, and to identify occupations and residence over a period of time. They generally exist from the 1700s to the present and contain the names, addresses, occupations or places of employment of the city's residents. Directories can be found in city archives and libraries.