Sissach Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sissach 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 parish of Sissach was first mentioned in 620. It became Reformed in 1529. It includes the municipalities of Böckten, Diepflingen, Itingen, Thürnen, and Zunzgen until 1830.

Parish records for Sissach are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 50 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1548-1911 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1547-1907 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1666-1919 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1740-1917 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1685-1899 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by location

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Sissach:
 * 1815 (images 239-272)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sissach 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)