Dates and Villages of Surname Registration in Switzerland

Surname registration occurs when a person registers in a particular village for citizenship. Every person is required to register with the town/township civil registrars office. This surname book shows the first registration of a surname for each village. Once that registration takes place, every birth, death, marriage that occurs, no matter where in Switzerland, for that family, (should) be registered in the original village. In Switzerland, people are citizens of their village first, then their canton, and lastly their country. (Thanks to Doug Schorey for passing along this information. - Gene)

		Krähenbühl	Krayenbühl	Kreienbühl
Canton	Village	Year Registered	Year Registered	Year Registered
Aargau	Beinwil am See	1913
	Kaisten	1957
	Lupfig	1922
Basel	Basel			1935
Bern	Bern	1960
	Bowil	before 1800
	Brenzikofen	before 1800
	Burgdorf	1893
	Grosshochstetten	before 1800
	Konolfingen	before 1800
	Langnau	before 1800
	Linden	before 1800	before 1800
	Ruderswil	1931
	Schlosswil	before 1800
	Signau	before 1800
	Trub	before 1800
	Trubschachen	before 1800
	Wimmis	1846
	Zaziwil	before 1800
Basel	Basel	1879-1958
Geneve	Geneva	1900-1960
Lucerne	Altishafen	before 1800		before 1800
	Buttisholz			1957
	Dagmersellen			before 1800
	Egolzwil			before 1800

	Gettnau			1924
	Grosswangen			1951
	Inwil			1930
	Kriens			1924
	Langnau			before 1800
	Littau			1959

	Lucerne	1924-1958		1924
	Luthern			1924
	Malters			before 1800
	Menznau			before 1800
	Neuenkirch			before 1800
	Pfaffnau			before 1800
	Reiden			1926
	Richenthal			1949
	Ruswil			1947
	Sempach			1956
	Sursee			1935
	Uffikon			1945
	Wauwil			1946
	Wikon			before 1800
	Willisau			before 1800
Neuchatel	Le Locle	1892
Schwyz	Unteriberg			before 1800
Thurgau	Zihlschlacht		1899
Vaud	Montreux	1956
	Saint Saphorin		1821
Valais	Grachen	1955
Zurich	Bassersdorf	1958
	Embrach	1959
	Rumlang	1924
	Schlieren	1916
	Winterthur	1955		1954
	Zurich	1919		1932