Wahlen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wahlen 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
Wahlen belonged to the parish of Laufen until 1839, when it became an independent parish. Parish records for Wahlen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 7 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1840-1906 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1840-1881 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1840-1875 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wahlen 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)