Münchenstein Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Münchenstein 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
Established by the early 1400s, the parish of Münchenstein became Protestant in 1529 during the Reformation. Parish records for Münchenstein are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 18 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1669-1906 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1669-1875 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1669-1902 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1669-1902 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1695-1895 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Münchenstein:
 * 1815 (images 613-625)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Münchenstein 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)