Biel-Benken Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Biel-Benken 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 Reformed parish of Biel-Benken was established during the Reformation in 1528. Parish records for Biel-Benken are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 13 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1535-1919 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1530-1907 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1567-1904 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1723-1911 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1741-1898 Family book at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Biel-Benken:
 * 1815: Biel (images 547-552)
 * 1815: Benken (images 553-562)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Biel-Benken 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)