Greifensee Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Surrounding Parishes
Fällanden Maur Schwerzenbach Uster Volketswil

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Greifensee:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Greifensee families:

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Greifensee belongs to the Volketswil civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstands- und Bestattungsamt Volketswil Zentralstrasse 21 8604 Volketswil

Tel: +41 44 910 21 00

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@volketswil.ch zivilstandsamt@volketswil.ch]

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich