Oltingen Parish, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oltingen 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
The parish, first mentioned in 1296, became Reformed in 1528. It includes the municipalities of Anwil and Wenslingen. Parish records for Oltingen are available online from the Basel-Landschaft State Archive. The 37 volumes of digitized records include:
 * 1542-1922 Baptisms at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - partially organized by community
 * 1543-1906 Marriages at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - partially organized by community
 * 1543-1899 Burials at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - partially organized by community
 * 1709-1872 Confirmations at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - partially organized by community
 * 1752-1917 Family books at Basel-Landschaft State Archive - organized by community

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oltingen:
 * 1815 (images 169-179)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oltingen 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)