Oberwil Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberwil 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
Traditionally Catholic, Oberwil became Reformed in 1525 until it was recatholicized in 1598. Parish records for Oberwil are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 21 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1657-1912 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1658-1908 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1659-1904 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive
 * 1662-1902 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - with gaps
 * 1805-1875 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive

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

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberwil 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)