Bennwil Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Bennwil 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 ancient parish of Bennwil became Reformed in 1535; the church was destroyed in a fire in 1617. It includes the municipality of Hölstein.

Parish records for Bennwil are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 36 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1563-1931 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1571-1946 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1613-1928 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1721-1914 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1753-1911 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 Bennwil:
 * 1815 (images 338-350)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bennwil 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)