Reigoldswil Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Reigoldswil 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
Reigoldswil became Reformed in 1529. It was part of the parish of Bretzwil until 1765, when it became an independent parish with Titterten. For earlier records, see Bretzwil.

Parish records for Reigoldswil are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 40 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1700-1925 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1766-1922 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1765-1930 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1766-1934 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1764-1935 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by community

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Reigoldswil:
 * 1815 (images 478-502)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Reigoldswil 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)