Bern, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

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''This page is about the City of Bern proper. See the 'Bern Canton' page for information about the canton.''

Guide to Bern, Bern, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
(see here for an article describing the Bern Church records)

The parish registers for Bern were recorded in the following volumes, as numbered by the Cantonal Archive of Bern:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Bern families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bern prior to 1875:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern