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Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland Genealogy

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This page is about the City of Basel. See the Canton Basel-Stadt page for information about the canton.

Guide to Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Geography

History

Parishes within Basel

Post-1875 parishes within Basel

Place Names

Locations within Basel

Surrounding Parishes (pre-1875)

Collections

Church Records

Index to Basel-Stadt Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

A handwritten index of Basel-Stadt baptisms, marriages, and burials can be found from the Basel-Stadt State Archives website. You can access:


How to use the Index:

  1. Create an account and then login.
  2. Click on one of the links above.
  3. In the left sidebar, click on "Localize in archive plan".
  4. About halfway down, find these entries: Index instructions.png
  5. Click on the white plus sign for the index you want. "Taufen" is christenings/baptisms. "Trauung" is marriages. "Bestattungen" is burials.
  6. Click on the year and part of the alphabet you want. Baselstadt instructions2.png
  7. Find the section "Digitalisierung". "Yes" means the record is digitized. The link in the next line takes you to the images.Baselland instructions3.png
  8. Click on the red link to accept the regulations.

Baptisms, 1529-1600 A-F G-Kn Kn-Nes Mes-Q R-Sp Sp-Z

Census Records

Kleinbasel

Genealogies

Civil Registration

Surnames

Related Sources

The city's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries

References

Register of Swiss Surnames

Historical Gazetteer of Switzerland

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