Stein am Rhein Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Stein am Rhein Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Geography
The Municipality of Stein am Rhein is in the Stein district and in the Schaffhausen canton. It is the capital of the Stein district. Stein am Rhein is located at the foot of the Klingenberg on the banks of the Rhine. It is at the western end of the Lower Lake of Constance. Stein am Rhein (as of 2018) had an area of 6.05 km² (2.34 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 29.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 42.4% - forested
 * 22.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 5.7% - unproductive land

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

The following censuses are available for Stein am Rhein:

The following censuses are available for the parish of Burg:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Stein am Rhein families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Stein am Rhein prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen