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==Getting Started== | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/892 '''Online Course:Swiss Census Records'''] | |||
<br> For canton Zürich there are census records available. These were originally done to make a record of the members of the Protestant Reformed church. There are also some censuses for Thurgau, St. Gallen, and a few towns from Aargau, Appenzell and Schaffhausen. | <br> For canton Zürich there are census records available. These were originally done to make a record of the members of the Protestant Reformed church. There are also some censuses for Thurgau, St. Gallen, and a few towns from Aargau, Appenzell and Schaffhausen. | ||
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The first city census was taken in the city of Bern in 1764. They were taken at 15 year intervals from 1811 to 1850, at 10 year intervals since 1850.<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> The first federal census was dated from April 1836 to February 1838 and was very incomplete. In 1841 a more general census was taken; in 1850 the census took account only of the population with rights of residence and not those actually present. In 1860 the census information was more complete and it was improved in 1870 and 1880. These records are in the state archives. Information included would be names of family members, sevants, ages and occupation. | The first city census was taken in the city of Bern in 1764. They were taken at 15 year intervals from 1811 to 1850, at 10 year intervals since 1850.<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> The first federal census was dated from April 1836 to February 1838 and was very incomplete. In 1841 a more general census was taken; in 1850 the census took account only of the population with rights of residence and not those actually present. In 1860 the census information was more complete and it was improved in 1870 and 1880. These records are in the state archives. Information included would be names of family members, sevants, ages and occupation. | ||
==Online Records== | ==Online Records== | ||
===Aargau=== | ===Aargau=== | ||