Saanen Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Saanen parish, Bern, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Church Records
(see here for an article describing the Bern Church records)

The parish registers for Saanen were recorded in the following volumes, as numbered by the Cantonal Archive of Bern:

Miscellaneous
These church books can be viewed in person at the Salt Lake genealogy library.

They can also be purchased by contacting: Genealogisch-Heraldische Gesellschaft Bern, Othmar Thomann, Blankweg 28, 3072 Ostermundigen BE Tel. 079 712 28 11, E-Mail o.thomann@hispeed.ch

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Saanen families:

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

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

http://www.saanen.ch/de/

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern