I'm downloading baptismal records from https://www.staatsarchiv.sta.be.ch/en/start.html, then will s

Marjorie Geiser

Do I need to search for the towns separately? These searches are for the early/mid 1800s.

 

Thanks,

 

Margie

Danette Day

Marjorie, You will find only parishes listed, not each individual town. So, instead of searching for Rothenbach, go to Herzogenbuchsee, which is the parish. The parish for Walliswil is Niederbipp.

Also, all of these records are also in Family Search. An advantage of using Family Search in this case is the ease of attaching them to your tree. Does this help?

Marjorie Geiser

Thank you, Danette, this does help.

 

Since I have to go to the parking lot of a FHC, I thought I'd at least download these from home, first.

 

Margie

WSeelentag

There is a difference between the images you find at the Bern State Archive and familysearch - see Church Reords in Canton Bern.

Marjorie Geiser

I had found it easier to download the images from home from the Bern State Archive. I understand the benefit when putting on FamilySearch, but this is good to know about the access of FamilySearch in Switzerland.

I got stuck at 1806, so I haven't come back to this, but I definitely will.

Thank you,

Margie

WSeelentag

Just to avoid a potential misunderstanding: I am not saying you should not access or download from the Bern State Archive site! For some records the quality is sufficient for easy reading. For other records the better quality images on familysearch are required, however, to be sure you have a correct interpretation.

US residents seem to have the choice, Swiss residents do (for canton Bern and many other cantons) not have this choice 😐️.