Bernisch Messen, Bern, Switzerland

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The civil parish of Bernisch Messen is part of the church parish of Messen in Canton Solothurn.

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

Bernisch Messen is and always was part of the church parish of Messen. The baptismal records of the Bernish part of the parish of Messen were copied from 1810 and are kept in the Bern Cantonal Archive. The marriage and burial records for those living in Bernisch Messen are found in the Messen church records.

The parish registers for Bernisch Messen 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 Bernisch Messen families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bernisch Messen prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern