Schaffhausen Canton, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Schaffhausen canton ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
The city allied with six of the Swiss confederates in 1454 and allied with a further two Uri and Unterwalden in 1479. Schaffhausen became a full member of the Old Swiss Confederation in 1501. The cantonal constitution was written in 1876 and revised in 1895. Schaffhausen is a German speaking canton 

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Schaffhausen church records are now available online! Click here to access the church records.

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