Wattenwil Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

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

History
Wattenwil belonged to the parish of Mühlethurnen until 1659, when it became an independent parish.

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

The parish registers for Wattenwil 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 Wattenwil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern