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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.

List of Topics

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Vital Events

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Birth date and place	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Notarial Records
Marriage place and date	Church Records Civil Registration	Notarial Records Genealogy
Death date, place, and burial	Church Records Civil Registration	Cemeteries Obituaries Notarial Records

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Maiden name	Church Records Civil Registration
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Notarial Records
Living relatives	Genealogies Directories	Obituaries

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.	Naturalization & Citizenship
Country and town of origin	Emigration and Immigration	Naturalization & Citizenship

Residences and Locations

Directories

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Residence	Church Records Civil Registration	Census Naturalization & Citizenship

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for:	Best Records to Search:	Alternative Records:
Nobility	Nobility Heraldry Genealogy
Occupation	Church Records Civil Registration	Occupations
Religion	Church Records Civil Registration	History Religious Records Church History
Social activities	Social Life and Customs Societies	History
Physical description	Military records

Reading the Records

Vocabulary	Languages German Genealogical Word List French Genealogical Word List Italian Genealogical Word List Swiss Dialect Genealogical Word List
Handwriting	Handwriting
Naming patterns	Naming Customs
Online classes
Writing for records	Germany Letter Writing Guide Italy Letter Writing Guide French Letter Writing Guide

Cantons

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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+== 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.
+== 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"
 |-
-| Birth date and birth place
+| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
-| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Switzerland Census|Census]]
+| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
-| —
+| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
 |-
-| Death information
+| align="left" | Birth date and place
-| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
+*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
 |-
-| Emigration information
+| align="left" | Marriage place and date
-| [[Switzerland Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
+*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
+*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
 |-
-| Language helps
+| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
-| [[Switzerland Language and Languages|Languages]], [[Switzerland Handwriting|Handwriting]]
+| 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]]
+|-
+|}
+===Maiden Names and Family Members===
+{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 |-
-| Living relatives
+| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
-| [[Switzerland Directories|Directories]]
+| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
-| [[Switzerland|Obituaries]]
+| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
 |-
-| Maiden name
+| align="left" | Maiden name
-| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| —
+*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 |-
-| Marriage information
+| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
-| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]], [[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
+*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
-|
+*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Switzerland Census|Census]]
+*[[Switzerland Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
 |-
-| Naming customs
+| align="left" | Living relatives
-| [[Switzerland Names, Personal|Names, Personal]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Periodicals|Periodicals]]
+*[[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"
 |-
-| Noble families
+| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
-| [[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
+| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
-| [[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
+| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
 |-
-| Occupations
+| align="left" | Immigration date
-| [[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+*[[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]]
 |-
-| Parents, children, and other family members
+| align="left" | Country and town of origin
-| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Census|Census]]
+*[[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:'''
 |-
-| Physical description
+| align="left" | Nobility
-| [[Switzerland Military Records|Military Records]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| —
+*Nobility
+*[[Switzerland Heraldry|Heraldry]]
+*[[Switzerland Genealogy|Genealogy]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 |-
-| Places of residence
+| align="left" | Occupation
-| [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization & Citizenship]]
+*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
+*[[Switzerland Occupations|Occupations]]
 |-
-| Religion
+| align="left" | Religion
-| [[Switzerland Religious Records|Religious Records]], [[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]], [[Switzerland Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
-| [[Switzerland Church History|Church History]]
+*[[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]]
 |-
-| Social activities
+| align="left" | Social activities
-| [[Switzerland Societies|Societies]]
+| 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==
+{|
+|
+|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>
 |}
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