Link: https://www.query.sta.be.ch/archivplansuche.aspx?ID=37
Local copy: ../Family Tree Archive/bern-registers/
What it is and what it says
Reformed parish registers (baptisms, marriages, deaths) of 177 of 181 Bern parishes, Reformation to 1875, as large PDFs. Old German script (Kurrent); French in the Jura. Frutigen, Guttannen and Saanen missing. Contact: staatsarchiv@be.ch, +41 31 633 51 01.
Downloaded to ../Family Tree Archive/bern-registers/ (manifest: manifest.json): Eggiwil (29 vols, 1.19 GB), Langnau (37 vols, ~1.46 GB), Guggisberg (18 vols, ~0.75 GB).
Catalog IDs for other family parishes: Signau 220213 (mother parish of Eggiwil before 1648), Trub 220230, Wahlern 220239, Tramelan 220229, Moutier 220176, Schwarzenegg 220209, Röthenbach 220202, Sumiswald 220223, Hilterfingen (Oberhofen) 220149, Lauperswil 220166, Lützelflüh 220172. Detail page: https://www.query.sta.be.ch/detail.aspx?ID=<id>.
Research use: Anabaptist children were usually not baptized in the Reformed church, so look for the last generation that appears in the registers before a family joined the Anabaptists. Marriages were required to be registered.
Reliability
Default evidence level for facts taken from this source: documented. See Evidence levels.
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.