Switzerland Genealogy Research Resource Links

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Switzerland general information

• FamilySearch Wiki: Switzerland
• Swiss citizenship
• Register of Swiss Surnames
• FamilySearch Catalog
• Switzerland: FS Historical Records

Online records by canton

• Appenzell Ausserrhoden
• Basel-Landschaft
• Bern
• Genève (Geneva)
• Luzern (Lucerne)
• Sankt Gallen
• Sankt Gallen Church and Civil Registers
• Schaffhausen
• Uri

Maps and Gazetteers

• Swiss place names (Ortsnamen)
• Official government maps
• David Rumsey Map collection
• Google maps
• Fuzzy Gazetteer ISODP

Language assistance

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German

• German Word List
• Old German script tutorial
• Grimms German dictionary
• Month names in German

French

• French Word List
• Godefroy French dictionary

Italian

• Italian Word List

Latin

• Latin Word List
• Latin dictionary
• Abbreviations-Chassant
• Abbreviations-Capelli

Research Aides

• "How to" Guides
• Learning Center: FS recorded webinars
• Upcoming webinars
• Swiss telephone book
• Week day symbols
• Republican calendar
• Julius Billeter
• The Catholic Encyclopedia
• FS Indexing
• Genealogy.net/Comp.gen
• Emigration from Southwest-Germany

Liechtenstein

• FamilySearch Wiki: Liechtenstein
• Liechtenstein FS Historical Records
• Liechtenstein Name Book