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
- 1418-1996 Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
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:
- Create an account and then login.
- Click on one of the links above.
- In the left sidebar, click on "Localize in archive plan".
- About halfway down, find these entries:

- Click on the white plus sign for the index you want. "Taufen" is christenings/baptisms. "Trauung" is marriages. "Bestattungen" is burials.
- Click on the year and part of the alphabet you want.

- Find the section "Digitalisierung". "Yes" means the record is digitized. The link in the next line takes you to the images.

- 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
- Indexes
- 1815, volume I (images 540-649)
- 1815, volume II (images 652-739)
- St. Johann Quarter
- 1815, households 1-197 (images 641-780)
- 1815, households 197-275 (images 4-68)
- Spahlen Quarter
- 1815 (images 73-334)
- 1815: Part II (images 163-255)
- 1815: Part II (images 258-350)
- Steinen Quarter
- 1815 (images 337-556)
- 1815: Part III (images 354-441)
- 1815: Part III (images 444-528)
- Aeschen Quarter
- 1815, households 884-1001 (images 559-653)
- 1815, households 1001-1167 (images 5-147)
- 1815, Part IV (images 531-608)
- St. Alban Quarter
- 1815 (images 150-386)
- 1815: Part V (images 24-90)
- Stadt Quarter
- 1815 (images 389-597)
- 1815, Part VI (images 93-142)
- St. Bläsi Quarter
- 1815 (images 4-177)
- 1815, Part VII (images 145-194)
- Riehen Quarter
- 1815 (images 180-337)
- 1815: Part VIII (images 197-251)
- Gross und kleiner Stadt-Bann Quarter
- 1815 (images 340-514)
- 1815: Part IX (images 254-288)
- St. Johann Quarter
- 1815, households 1-275 (images 517-596)
- 1815 (images 4-90)
- Unknown Quarter
- 1815 (images 93-160)
- 1815, households 1109-1167 (images 5-21)
Genealogies
Civil Registration
Surnames
Related Sources
The city's website (in German) can be found here.