Rapperswil Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Rapperswil parish, Bern, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Locations within Rapperswil
Municipalities within Rapperswil

Gemeinden or Municipalities

Bangerten

Bittwil

Dieterswil

Frauchwil

Lätti

Moosaffoltern

Rapperswil

Ruppoldsried

Seewil

Vogelsang

Wierezwil

Zimlisberg

Church Records
(see here for an article describing the Bern Church records)

The parish registers for Rapperswil were recorded in the following volumes, as numbered by the Cantonal Archive of Bern:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Rapperswil families:

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

Affolter

Baumgartner

Burri

Frieden

Friederich

Hirzel

Hofer

Hofmann

Häni

Jakob

Junker

Kläntschi

Kobi

König

Marti

Renfer

Ruchti

Rutsch

Räz

Scheuner

Schlup

Schneider

Schori

Schär

Sieber

Stähli

Suter

Sutter

Weibel

Wenger

Zingg

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

https://www.rapperswil-be.ch/de/index.php

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern