Buch Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

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



Geography
The municipality of Buch is in the Stein district and in the Schaffhausen canton. It is located on the Biber river. Buch is a farm village. Buch (as of 2006) had an area of 3.8 km² (1.5 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 74.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 19.6% - forested
 * 5.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - unproductive land

History
In 1080, Buch was first mentioned by the name of Gerolt von Buch. The Buch municipality is in the Schaffhausen canton.

The population history of Buch is: 1836 - 288 inhabitants 1850 - 399 inhabitants 1900 - 389 inhabitants 1910 - 348 inhabitants 1950 - 329 inhabitants 1980 - 259 inhabitants 2000 - 341 inhabitants 2008 - 296 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 15.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 51.9% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1347, the Church was first mentioned and was a subsidiary of Gailingen. In 1400, it was incorporated into the Allerheiligen convent. In 1713, Buch became a parish. The Neo-Gothic church dates from 1851-1861.

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 Buch:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Buch families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen