Arlesheim Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Arlesheim 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.



Catholic
The Catholic parish of Arlesheim was established by 1341; it received its first priest in 1396. It became Reformed in 1528, but was re-Catholicized by 1582. Catholic parish records for Arlesheim are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 53 volumes of digitized records include:
 * Baptisms 1596-1938 (with gaps)
 * Marriages 1616-1940 (with gaps)
 * Burials 1659-1968 (with gaps)
 * Family book 1848-1894

Reformed
A Reformed chapel was established in Arlesheim in 1856 to service the few Protestant families living in the district. Reformed parish records for Arlesheim are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 11 volumes of digitized records include:
 * Baptisms 1858-1936
 * Marriages 1858-1929
 * Burials 1858-1928
 * Confirmations 1858-1917

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

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

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

Libraries and archives
Basel-Landschaft State Archive

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Region Basel (GHGRB)