Diegten Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Diegten 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
Diegten's parish church of St. Peter was first mentioned in 1285. In 1529, the area became Reformed, and Diegten and Eptingen were united into one parish.

Parish records for Diegten are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 40 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1564-1915 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1564-1921 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1640-1890 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1642-1914 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1771-1915 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by community

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Diegten:
 * 1815 (images 365-382)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Diegten 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)