Zug Canton, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Zug canton ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
During the turmoil of the Reformation, Zug remained on the Catholic side of central Switzerland and retained the old faith. During the Reformation, Zug clung to the old faith and was a member of the Christliche Vereinigung of 1529. In 1586, it became a member of the Golden League. The period up until 1798 was marked by internal political rivalries and turbulence but the invasion of the French troops marked the end of the old order, and with the Helvetic order came a radical political change. Zug became part of the canton Waldstätten, and the cantonal capital for a short time and in 1848, today’s federal government of Switzerland emerged. Zug was given its current cantonal structure. Zug is a German speaking canton.