What happened
After the 1653 Peasants’ War, Anabaptism grew in the Emmental, Oberaargau and around Thun. Bern set up the ‘Delegates for Anabaptist Affairs’ (later the Täuferkammer, to 1743): bounties for ‘Anabaptist hunters’, galleys, confiscation, hostages from villages harbouring Anabaptists (1671).
Ancestors alive at the time
Sources
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.