Vernier Parish, Genève, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Vernier Parish, Genève, 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
Before the Edict of Nantes, Vernier included both Reformed and Catholic residents. Reformed residents belonged to the parish of Meyrin, then Le Grand Saconnex, and finally with Ferney in what is now France until 1685, when Protestant religions were banned. Catholics belonged the parish of Le Grand Saconnex until 1687, when Vernier became an independent parish. See Le Grand Saconnex for earlier records.

Church Records: Genève State Archive
Parish records for Vernier are available online from the Genève State Archive. To access images, click the link below, then click on "Affichage des images" on the right side of the page.
 * 1688-1770 Baptisms, marriages, burials (copy) at Genève State Archive
 * 1771-1798 Baptisms, marriages, burials (copy) at Genève State Archive

Church Records: FamilySearch

 * 1688-1798 Baptisms, marriages, burials at FamilySearch
 * 1801-1877 Baptisms, marriages, burials at FamilySearch

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

Related sources
The town's website (in French) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
Genève State Archive

Societies
Geneva Society of Genealogy (SGG)