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.


 * 1688-1770 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (copy) at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1688-1798 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1771-1798 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (copy) at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1801-1877 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1793. Versoix was transferred from France to Canton Genève in 1815.


 * 1798-1805 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1798-1815 Births, Marriages, Deaths(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1805-1814 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1814-1815 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1816-1818 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1816-1829 Births, Marriages, Deaths(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1819-1821 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1822-1825 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1826-1827 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1828-1829 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1830-1831 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1830-1837 Births, Marriages, Deaths(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1832-1834 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1835-1837 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1838-1839 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1838-1849 Births, Marriages, Deaths(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1840-1841 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1842-1843 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1844-1845 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1846-1847 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1848-1849 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1850-1851 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1850-1858 Births, Marriages, Deaths(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1852-1853 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1854-1855 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1856-1857 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1858 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1859 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1859-1869 Births, Marriages, Deaths(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1860-1861 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1862-1863 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1864-1865 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1866-1867 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1868-1869 Births, marriages, deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1870-1871 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1872-1873 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1874-1875 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1876-1877 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1878-1880 Births, Marriages, Deaths at Genève State Archive - images
 * 1881-1899 Births at Genève State Archive - originals
 * 1881-1929 Marriages at Genève State Archive - orginals
 * 1881-1959 Deaths at Genève State Archive - originals

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)