Swiss Genealogy on the Internet
The Charter

The aim of the project is to

• make genealogical information available online.
• improve communication between genealogists with an interest in Swiss genealogy, both within Switzerland and worldwide.

In order to reach this aim

• web pages with relevant information are to be created.
• look-up and help services may be organised.

The project is non-commercial. As a consequence

• all contributions are made from volunteers.
• advertising will be allowed only to cover the cost of running the project, should this occur to be necessary at a later stage.

The scope of the project is everything connected with genealogy within Switzerland in today's national borders, and emigration from this region. In order to help communication between language groups, and especially worldwide, as much as possible information will be provided in English. Information pertinent to the whole of Switzerland should also be available in German, French and Italian. Regional information (usually about a single Kanton) will usually be presented in the language(s) of the region covered, i.e. in German, French and/or Italian.

Genealogical questions regarding areas neighbouring today's Switzerland, which may have been related with Switzerland during earlier times, will be dealt with where appropriate, preferrabely by linking to existing sites. In order to avoid duplication of efforts, close cooperation with similar projects in neighbouring coutries will be sought, e.g. soc.genealogy.german and its corresponding web pages, or similar projects dealing with French or Italian (speaking) genealogy.

The project offers Swiss genealogical societies support with their representation on the internet by

• either linking to existing society pages,
• or offering the infrastructure to create and display simple society pages; all information for this has to be provided by the societies.

General topics | Allgemeine Themen | Informations générales | Informazioni generali