Hi, I am wondering how often censuses were held in Switzerland and if they are searchable anywhere. If any one has access to census records around 1870 or thereabouts, could you look up my great grandfather Jean GORGERAT(E) and wife Catherine Karr. They had a son Georges who may have been born in 1869 or 1870. Thank you Judy Lamable Eganville,Canada

> Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Februar 2003 17:35 > > Hi, I am wondering how often censuses were held in > Switzerland and if they are searchable anywhere. If any one > has access to census records around 1870 or thereabouts, > could you look up my great grandfather Jean GORGERAT(E) > and wife Catherine Karr. They had a son Georges who may > have been born in 1869 or 1870. Switzerland doesn't have the census system known in the USA (and possibly Canada?). Some cantons will have something similar at very irregular intervals. You'll have to familiarize yourself with the sources available for each canton (= state) separately to answer the question. A Federal rule, however, are the Zivilstandsregister (Civil Registries) set up in 1876, and collecting some data retrospectively. In your case (born 1870) the Civil Registry Office of the Buergerort (place of citizenship) will have the data you are looking for. See http://swiss.genealogy.net/intro-e.htm#allg for a brief description of the system. So what you have to do first, is to determine the Buergerort - or possibly a few "candidates". If you have no clue, Familiennamenbuch http://swiss.genealogy.net/famnam-m.htm will list possible communities. In the case of Gorgerat the following are mentioned (citizenship prior to 1900): NE Boudry a Neuchatel 1787 (Boudry NE) VD Bussigny-pres-Lausanne a Echandens a The format of these data is described on the above webpage. Often the corresponding list for the wife's name will help to narrow down the search - unfortunately not here: Karr is not an "old" Swiss name - just a single line emigrating from Germany to Zuerich is mentioned in Familiennamenbuch. So, unless you have additional info, you'd have to contact all 4 communities and ask whether they can find your ancestors on their registers. Good luck and best regards - Wolf __________________ Wolf Seelentag, Ph.D. Reherstr. 19 CH - 9016 St.Gallen +41 (0) 71 - 288 51 21 http://swiss.genealogy.net > Thank you > Judy Lamable > Eganville,Canada > > ==== SWITZERLAND Mailing List ==== > Swiss Resource Site > http://swiss.genealogy.net

I am wondering if any one has access to census records around 1870 or thereabouts from Switzerland, and if so could you look up my great grandfather Henrich Muhlemann. I am not sure of his birth date, but,, his first wife? was born in 1862... Christina Beltz..Thank you in advance for any help with this man... Lena