Lausen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Lausen 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
The church in Lausen was first mentioned in the 11th century. It became Reformed during the 1520s. Parish records for Lausen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 25 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1577-1938 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1542-1917 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1631-1900 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1739-1900 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1727-1916 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Lausen:
 * 1815 (images 389-406)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Lausen 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)