Rohrbach Parish, Bern, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Geography
The parish area covers abt 6½ square miles and had a population of about 4000 people in 1850.

Surrounding Parishes
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Rohrbach Gemeinde
It consists of over 1½ square miles and had a population of about 1700 in 1850.

Surnames
The community or gemeinde of Rohrbach was the heimat or ancestral home for about 40 different surnames. The Register of Swiss Surnames provides the surnames associated with every gemeinde or community in Switzerland. The register provides correct spellings for surnames and place names.

Locations
A google map that shows the villages in Rohrbach centuries old.

Genealogies
There are numerous compiled genealogies that have been created since 1900; however, they need to verified by researching the parish registers since it has been proven that a percentage of them are inaccurate.

The following genealogies have been researched for Rohrbach families:


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

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Bern