Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Directories, Emigration, and Genealogies - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

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This Collection will include records from 1460 to 1952.  

For a list of records by event and date currently published in this collection, select the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/1720613/waypoints Browse] link from the collection landing page.  

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These genealogies are handwritten using the old German script and may at times be difficult to read. Abbreviations and symbols are also used heavily throughout the genealogies. The language used is Swiss German (for example: Junÿ equals Juni or June and Julÿ equals Juli or July).  

*Use the age in the citizen 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. This can help you identify other generations of your family. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify. Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual. This compiled list can help you identify possible relations that can be further verified by researching [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Switzerland_Vital_Records_Index vital records indexes] in the country.                   

*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.                           

*[[Switzerland Church Records|Church Records]] often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.                           

*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.                           

*There is also some variation in the information given from one record to another.

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