Trasadingen Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

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



Geography
The Municipality of Trasadingen is in the Unterklettgau district and in the Schaffhausen canton. It is located in the most western part of the canton. There is a border crossing into Germany at Trasadingen. Trasadingen (as of 2006) had an area of 4.1 km² (1.6 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 76.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 12.2% - forested
 * 11.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.5% - unproductive land

History
In 878, Trasadingen was first mentioned by the name of Trasmundige. The Trasadingen municipality is in the Schaffhausen canton.

The population history of Trasadingen is: 1798 - 308 inhabitants 1836 - 429 inhabitants 1850 - 624 inhabitants 1900 - 480 inhabitants 1950 - 531 inhabitants 1990 - 560 inhabitants 2000 - 562 inhabitants 2008 - 585 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 21.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 61.7% were Swiss Reformed Church

Until 1515, Trasadingen was part of the Erzingen parish, then the Wilchingen parish. In 1928, Trasadingen became a parish. In 1839, a temple was built on the site of the Saint-Jacques chapel and then renovated in 1934.

Church Records
The parish records for Canton Schaffhausen are found online from the Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen. They can be accessed here.

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

The following censuses are available for Trasadingen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Trasadingen families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen