Beggingen Parish, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Genealogy

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



Geography
The municipality of Beggingen is in the Schleitheim district and in the Schaffhausen canton. It is located on the border with Germany on the west foot of the Randen range. Beggingen (as of 2006) had an area of 12.6 km² (4.9 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 50.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 45.1% - forested
 * 4.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - unproductive land

History
In 1278, Beggingen was first mentioned by the name of Beggingen. It was later known as Beckingen and Böckingen. The Beggingen municipality is in the Schaffhausen canton.

The population history of Beggingen is: 1715 - 679 inhabitants 1842 - 1,438 inhabitants 1850 - 1,251 inhabitants 1900 - 803 inhabitants 1950 - 554 inhabitants 1990 - 441 inhabitants 2000 - 500 inhabitants 2008 - 512 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 10.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 81.2% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1644, Saint-Sylvestre chapel became a parish.

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 Beggingen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Beggingen families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Schaffhausen