Binningen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Binningen 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.



Catholic
A Catholic parish was established in Binningen in 1889. Catholic Parish records for Binningen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 4 volumes of digitized records include:
 * Baptisms 1889-1923
 * Marriages 1889-1930
 * Burials 1889-1925

Reformed
The church in Binningen was first mentioned in 1251; by the 14th century, it was part of the parish of St. Ulrich in the city of Basel. When the area became Reformed in 1529, it was part of the parish of St. Elisabeth in the city of Basel. In 1708, it became a fully independent parish. It includes the municipality of Bottmingen. Reformed parish records for Binningen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 42 volumes of digitized records include:
 * Baptisms 1597-1924
 * Marriages 1604-1927
 * Burials 1604-1918
 * Confirmations 1641-1926
 * Family book 1800-1879

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Binningen:
 * 1815 (images 563-581)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Binningen 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)