Saanen Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

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

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

The parish registers for Saanen were recorded in the following volumes, as numbered by the Cantonal Archive of Bern:

Miscellaneous
Saanen church records are only available at this time from Picton Press:

http://www.pictonpress.com/product/view/3299

These church books can also be view in person at the Salt Lake genealogy library.

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Saanen families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern