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Information about the Kanton Zürich includes basic statistics : area, population, capital.
Geschichte des Kantons Zürich (History of the canton Zürich, in German, abstracted from Schweizer Lexikon, Verlag Schweizer Lexikon, Horw 1998).
Die Täufer von Zürich 1525 und ihre internationalen Auswirkungen bis in die Gegenwart (The Zürich Anabaptists of 1525 and their international influence to the present day - in German).
The local genealogical society is the
GENEALOGISCH-HERALDISCHE GESELLSCHAFT ZÜRICH
You are further invited to discuss your questions with other researchers interested in canton Zürich on the "Genealogieforum Zürich" (dialogue in German or French). The archive is open to visitors to read; in order to be able to respond or start a new thread, however, registration (free of charge) is required. When posting, please, keep in mind that only topics related to Zürich should be placed here; for topics related to other regions, please, change to the corresponding canton or to the forum for Switzerland in general (dialogue in German or French).
The local historical society is the
ANTIQUARISCHE GESELLSCHAFT IN
ZÜRICH (in German).
Canton society for history and antiquity.
Stadtbibliothek
Winterthur
Museumstrasse 52
CH - 8400 Winterthur
Search for Students at Zürich University (1836 ... 1916): extensive, though not quite complete database (in German).
2. Home Pages of Tourist Offices and the like :
Goldkueste : south of Lake Zürich.
Zimmerberg/Sihltal (frames) with links to all communities (no frames necessary) : Lake Zürich south coast.
3. Private Pages on Canton :
1. Family Pages
2. Sources
Marriage registers for all of canton Zürich for the time period 1525 to 1800 have been compiled in the Ehedatenbank im Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich.
Bevölkerungsverzeichnisse (population registers, completely transcribed), each 1634-1727: Langnau am Albis und Thalwil.
Download a list of all old (prior to 1800) citizen families of Canton Zürich, sorted by community (rtf file).
Zürcher Familiennamen (surnames of families with citizenship in Canton Zürich prior to 1800)
Confiscated estates of Swiss (Zürich) Anabaptist Persons (1640-1678).
Roll of Zürich University 1833 - 1917
Zürcher Familiennamen (surnames of families with citizenship in Canton Zürich prior to 1800)
Artikel von Hans Schulthess ueber die Familie HUG von Zürich; In : Zürich Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1982 - S. 26-29
Translation of a 1738 letter from Hans Jacob Gallman in South Carolina to family in Switzerland.
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