Pratteln Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Pratteln 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
The parish church, first mentioned in 1281, became Reformed in 1534. It includes the municipality of Augst. Parish records for Pratteln are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 38 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1625-1915 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1690-1909 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1691-1929 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1672-1914 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1759-1885 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by community

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Pratteln:
 * 1815 (images 5-32)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Pratteln 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)