Dittingen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Dittingen 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
Dittingen's church, St. Nikolaus, was built before 1400 as a chapel. The area became Reformed in 1529, but was re-Catholicized in 1580. It belonged to the parish of Laufen until 1802, when it became an independent parish. Between 1874 and 1935, Dittingen was united with Blauen. For earlier records, see Laufen and Blauen.

Parish records for Dittingen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 6 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1792-1875 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1796-1875 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1795-1875 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Dittingen 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)