Biel Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Church Records: Evangelisch-Reformierte
(see here for an article describing the Bern Church records)

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

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Biel/Bienne families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Biel/Bienne prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern