Oberwil bei Büren Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Oberwil bei Büren parish, Bern, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
The reason you find Solothurn gemeinden within this Bern parish is because this district fell under the influence of Bern, and thus were of the Swiss reformed faith, Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche.

Church Records
(see here for an article describing the Bern Church records)

The parish registers for Oberwil bei Büren were recorded in the following volumes, as numbered by the Cantonal Archive of Bern:

Probate
Oberwil bei Büren is located in Bucheggberg District. Probate records are online from 1690 to 1851.  There is a comprehensive index from 1690 to 1774. There is an name index at the end of each volume to 1851. This includes the communites within the parishes of - Aetingen, Lüsslingen, Messen, and Oberwil bei Büren

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Oberwil bei Büren families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberwil bei Büren prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern