Basel (Land) Canton, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Basel (Land) canton ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Featured Content
NEW! The state archives of Basel-Land have been digitizing their records and making them available online. To access the digital records, click here. The parishes are organized by town and then by religion. To view records: Click on the archival number before the town name. A PDF will download to your computer. Open the PDF. You will see a list of each volume available for the parish, with a description of the record type and years covered. If the records are available, you will see a blue link stating "zur Online-Version des Kirchenbuches". Click on the blue link; you will be taken to the digitized records.

Jurisdictions

 * Sissach

Research Tools
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Switzerland, Basel City Local Citizenship Requests (FamilySearch Historical Records)