Wangen Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Surrounding Parishes
Bassersdorf Dietlikon Dübendorf Lindau Volketswil

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

The following censuses are available for Wangen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wangen families:

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

Zivilstands- und Bestattungsamt Dübendorf Usterstrasse 2 8600 Dübendorf

Tel: +41 44 801 83 30

Internet contact can be found here.

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

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich