Liesberg Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Liesberg 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
Traditionally Catholic, Liesberg was Reformed between 1529 and 1588, when it was re-Catholicized. It was attached to Arlesheim until 1631. Parish records for Liesberg are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 6 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1694-1875 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1698-1875 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1698-1875 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1694-1875 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps

An additional parish register is found at the local parish office:
 * 1588-1635, 1676-1698 Baptisms at Liesberg Parish Office
 * 1607-1635, 1670-1698 Marriages at Liesberg Parish Office - with gaps
 * 1606-1698 Burials at Liesberg Parish Office

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

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Liesberg 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)