Wetzikon ZH - death - 1825ff - content difference
Wetzikon FamilySearch record outline question
I outlined the FamilySearch film regarding Wetzikon to have access to records. As you can see there are two sections that look the same. Can you tell me what the difference is between the second two pages? Kent
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The first set (pages 340-341) will be deaths of Wetzikon citizens - irrespective of whether they did within the parish or somewhere external. The second set (pages 488-489) concerns non-citizens who died within the parish of Wetzikon (note the "Fremde Gestorbene").
It is found quite commonly that there was such a separation in the records. Attached is a list from the Register of Swiss Surnames:
These are names you'd have to expect in the first set - plus a few more (like Jenta) who had become extinct in Wetzikon prior to 1962. Where a surname is listed more than once, these will be different lines, gaining citizenship later than the "original" citizens.
When indexing, keep that in mind to see if entries fit with my explanation (there will always be some exceptions, of course).
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WSeelentag: Very helpful. Thanks for making the distinction. I will keep this in mind as I search the records!
When we visited Switzerland in 2019 we talked to many people. They told us that even today Pastors keep track of when people move from one locality to another. I asked a municipal employee in Ottenbach's mayor's office, about what family names were found in Ottenbach. She rattled off names like Hegetschweiler and Sidler which are names in our family line. I have a short video tape of her pronouncing the names in her Swiss accent. Super fun to hear her cherry voice.
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