Uster Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Uster Parish, Zurich, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Locations within Uster
The current settlements and quarters of the parish of Uster were divided into the civil municipalities of Freudwil, Kirch-Uster, Nänikon, Nieder-Uster, Nossikon, Ober-Uster, Riedikon, Sulzbach, Wermatswil, Werrikon, and Winikon, and are listed by those divisions below:

Freudwil

Kirch-Uster

Nänikon

Nieder-Uster

Nossikon

Ober-Uster

Riedikon

Sulzbach

Wermatswil

Werrikon

Winikon

Surrounding Parishes
Fehraltorf Gossau Greifensee Maur Mönchaltorf Pfäffikon Seegräben Volketswil

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Uster:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Uster families:

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Uster belongs to the Uster civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandsamt Uster Bahnhofstrasse 17 8610 Uster

Tel: +41 44 944 72 21

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@uster.ch zivilstandsamt@uster.ch]

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Uster prior to 1875:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich