Switzerland Jewish Research

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Switzerland Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Finding Town of Origin Online Learning
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Directories Emigration & Immigration Compiled Genealogies Heraldry Jewish Records Land and Property	Military Records Naturalization & Citizenship Notarial Records Obituaries Occupations Online Records Periodicals Probate Records Religious Records Schools and Education Records Taxation
Switzerland Background
Biography Church History Cultural Groups French Word List Gazetteers German Word List Handwriting Historical Geography	History Italian Word List Languages Maps Naming Customs Social Life and Customs Websites For Further Reading
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers
Moderator
The FamilySearch moderator for Switzerland is Daniel Jones.

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.

Switzerland Civil Registration

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Switzerland started as early as 1799, depending on canton. For more information, click here.

Jewish Arrivals In Switzerland, 1938-1945

• Find an explanation of the database by clicking here.
• The above is part of JewishGen's Holocaust Database. To search this database, click here.

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 949.4 D25m and their website is Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie.

Facebook Research Community

• Get ideas and help with Swiss Genealogy here.