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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- Jewish Switzerland
- Jüdische Genealogie [Jewish Genealogy]
Jewish History in Switzerland[edit | edit source]
- For more information on the history of Jews in Switzerland, read the Wikipedia article.
- For a Jewish population density map of Europe in 1900, click here.
JewishGen.org Family Finder[edit source]
Find others, possibly cousins, searching for your family name in the same countries, cities, and villages. Search by clicking JewishGen Family Finder. Free registration required.
Switzerland Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Switzerland started as early as 1799, depending on canton. For more information, click here.
Jewish Arrivals In Switzerland, 1938-1945[edit | edit source]
- Find an explanation of the database by clicking here.
- The above is part of JewishGen's Holocaust Database. To search this database, click here.
Genealogical Periodicals[edit | edit source]
- A helpful periodical regarding Jews in Switzerland is Maajan-Die Quelle which can be seen at the Family History Library.
Maajan-Die Quelle, Zeitschrift fuer Jüdische Familienforschung.
Organ der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie und der Hamburger Gesellschaft für Jüdische Genealogie E.V.
Periodical 1987-present.
The call number at the Family History Library is 949.4 D25m and their website is Schweizerische Vereinigung für Jüdische Genealogie.