Who indexed the "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"?
Hello all,
Recently I have been a lot of record matches for my ancestors from the canton of Vaud. All records comes from the "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996" which apparently were added recently.
As the images are not public, I was wondering who participated in the indexing? Did it happen here on FamilySearch? Was it done by the Archives Cantonales Vaudoises and others? Computer indexing?
Thank you very much,
Nicolas
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All records come from the "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996" which apparently were added recently.
These are a huge(!) amount of data from all over Switzerland, and definitely (as a whole) not added recently … or does your statement apply only to selected indices?
As the images are not public, I was wondering who participated in the indexing? Did it happen here on FamilySearch? Was it done by the Archives Cantonales Vaudoises and others? Computer indexing?
So I assume you are interested in Vaud records (only?): I cannot answer your question, but feel you have to be more specific, to give others a chance 😉. It likely would be helpful if you explain, why you are asking, e.g. because you found too many errors?
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These are a huge(!) amount of data from all over Switzerland, and definitely (as a whole) not added recently … or does your statement apply only to selected indices?
Yes, indeed, I was talking about the indices. They are mentioned in this blog post: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-records-25-july-2022
So I assume you are interested in Vaud records (only?): I cannot answer your question, but feel you have to be more specific, to give others a chance 😉. It likely would be helpful if you explain, why you are asking, e.g. because you found too many errors?
I'm just curious :). If it would have been public on FamilySearch I would have gladly helped. I did find a few errors, like misspelling in the family name, sex not present, or some other things I don't remember now :).
And yes I'm mostly interested in Vaud records but not only (Geneva, Bern, Valais, Neuchâtel).
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That's a problem with several cantons in Switzerland: the copyright holders (often the State Archives) haven't given familysearch permission to make these records freely available - so people like you (and me) have to visit a Family History Centre to view these records - a nuissance if you want to help indexing. Not much familysearch can do about this - apart from keep trying to get such a permission (which, I have been told, they are doing).
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Yes, I was told about this situation, I've been to the Archives Cantonales Vaudoises multiple times, it's nice but progress is very slow. Also, with opening hours such as 9h-17h, it's impossible with a fulltime job.
What I don't understand is why cantons like Geneva have decided to put their archives online freely but not cantons like Vaud for example.
I have ancestors from Geneva and I could do all the research from home, I could download the high-quality scans, etc. It was very nice.
Anyway...
(which, I have been told, they are doing)
Ah, well that's good news then! :)
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