Bretzwil Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Bretzwil Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Church Records
Bretzwil became a parish during the Reformation. It includes the municipality of Lauwil, and included the village of Reigoldswil until 1765. Parish records for Arlesheim are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 32 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1607-1920 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1608-1907 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1607-1942 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1666-1915 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1850-1911 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

Census
(See here for information regarding Basel-Landschaft census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Bretzwil:
 * 1815 (images 351-364)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Basel-Landschaft

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)