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The Swiss Genealogical Society SGS

(Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Familienforschung - Société Suisse d'Etudes Généalogiques - Società Genealogica Svizzera)

The Swiss Genealogical Society (SGS) has at present some 500 individual and some 150 institutional members (archives, libraries and family organizations). In addition SGS exchanges their publications with some 50 partner organizations from all over Europe (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and the UK).

Aims and Services

• Meetings are held semi-annually at different locations in Switzerland.
• SGS helps all interested members to gain access to genealogy, and fosters contact between members.
• The "Mitteilungsblatt" is published three times a year. This bulletin informs members on a regular basis about the society's activities, lectures, meetings and courses organized by regional genealogical societies, new publications added to the society's library as well as other tools for genealogical research.
• A Yearbook provides in-depth articles on topics of interest for genealogical research in Switzerland.
• The library is housed at the Swiss National Library in Bern, and consists of some 7,000 items. It includes basic genealogical literature as well as periodicals and individual family histories.
• A Central Information Office hosts a data base of more than 120,000 references of varying type and provides general information to both the novice and the experienced researcher.
• A Document Sales Office supplies genealogical literature and brochures as well as genealogical tools written up by SGS members within the "Blue Series".
• A mailing list is organized for members of SGS and participating regional societies. This list is designed for discussions amongst members and fast communication between board and membership.
• For information on genealogical research in Switzerland http://swiss.genealogy.net/ is supported.

Contact:
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Familienforschung
Dr. Heinz Ochsner (Präsident)
Grabenweg 1
CH - 4414 Füllinsdorf
Switzerland
Email: [email protected]

Would you like to know who your ancestors were? Do you need help, at least to get started with your own research? The Swiss Genealogical Society (SGS) offers to help you search for traces of your ancestors.