Switzerland Jewish Research

Jewish Genealogy Research Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Introduction Search Strategies Records in the FamilySearch Catalog
Original Records
Businesses Cemeteries Census Civil Registration Concentration Camps Court Records Directories Divorce Records Emigration & Immigration Inquisition Jewish Records Jewish Records in Other Denominations	Military Records Minorities Naturalization Newspapers Notarial Records Obituaries Orphans Population Probate/Wills Schools and Education Records Synagogue Records Taxation Vital Records Voting Records
Compiled Sources
Biography Family History Genealogy Holocaust	Knowles Collection Nobility Societies
Background Information
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Glossary History Language	Maps Periodicals Population Maps Social Life & Customs
Finding Aids
Archives/Libraries Finding a FamilySearch Center For Further Reading	Gazetteers Naming Customs Occupations Other Records ShtetlSeeker

Back to Switzerland Page►

Map of Switzerland

• To view Switzerland at Google Maps, click here.
• For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click here.

Jewish History in Switzerland

• Read History of the Jews in Switzerland, an article on Wikipedia.org, by clicking here.

JewishGen.org

• Find others, possibly cousins, searching for your family name in the same countries, cities, and villages. Search by clicking JewishGen Family Finder. Free registration required.

Genealogical Periodicals

• A helpful periodical regarding Jews in Switzerland is Maajan-Die Quelle which can be seen at the Family History Library.
   
  Maajan-Die Quelle, Zeitschrift fuer Jüdische Familienforschung.
  Organ der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie und der Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie E.V.
  Periodical 1987-present.
   
  The call number at the Family History Library is 949.4D25m and their website is Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie.

Facebook Research Community

• Get ideas and help with Swiss Genealogy here.