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==Time Coverage==
==Time Coverage==
Nationwide civil registration began on January 1, 1876. Several cantons began keeping records earlier; pre-1876 records may look different depending on the canton:
 
**Basel-Landschaft (BL): 1827
**Fribourg (FR): 1849
**Genève (GE): 1798
**Glarus (GL): 1849
**Neuchâtel (NE): 1825
**Sankt Gallen (SG): 1867
**Schaffhausen (SH): 1849
**Solothurn (SO): 1836
**Ticino (TI): 1855
**Vaud (VD): 1821
**Valais (VS): 1853


== Register Types ==
== Register Types ==
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==Coverage and Compliance==
==Coverage and Compliance==
Nationwide civil registration began on January 1, 1876. Several cantons began keeping records earlier; pre-1876 records may look different depending on the canton:
**Basel-Landschaft (BL): 1827
**Fribourg (FR): 1849
**Genève (GE): 1798
**Glarus (GL): 1849
**Neuchâtel (NE): 1825
**Sankt Gallen (SG): 1867
**Schaffhausen (SH): 1849
**Solothurn (SO): 1836
**Ticino (TI): 1855
**Vaud (VD): 1821
**Valais (VS): 1853


==Information Recorded in the Records==
==Information Recorded in the Records==
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