Comprehensive Genealogy Services & Personalized Ancestry Travel in Switzerland

 

At My Swiss Heritage, we offer a complete range of professional genealogy services to help you explore, understand, and document your Swiss family history. Whether you are searching for your ancestors, uncovering your Swiss migration story, creating a detailed family tree, or planning a personal journey back to your roots in Switzerland, our services are designed to guide you through every step of your genealogical discovery.

We assist clients from around the world — especially from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom — in tracing their Swiss ancestry, documenting their family lineage, researching historical records, and organizing tailor-made genealogy trips that bring their heritage to life.

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Personalized Genealogy Trips to Switzerland

 

Custom heritage travel • ancestral hometown visits • archive access • family reunions

Have you always wanted to experience the places your Swiss ancestors once called home? We design and organize fully personalized genealogy trips based on your interests, your family’s story, and your research goals.

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Your custom itinerary may include:

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1. Travel Planning

• Assistance with travel routes, arrival details, and transportation

• Recommendations for accommodations based on your preferences

• Planning multi-day trips across different Swiss regions

• Visits to ancestral villages, farms, and historical locations

 

2. Genealogical Program

• Guided visits to your ancestral hometown (Heimatort)

• Access to original documents in Swiss state, church, and municipal archives

• Meetings with archivists and local historians

• Arranging family reunions with living relatives, if discovered

• In-depth presentations about your family history based on our research

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3. Cultural and Leisure Program

• Sightseeing tours across Switzerland

• City visits with museum tours

• Hiking, skiing, and outdoor activities

• Culinary tours and regional tastings

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Every trip is designed around your personal goals, whether you want emotional connection, historical context, archival discovery, or simply to walk in the landscapes your ancestors once knew.

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Swiss Ancestry Research and

Family History Documentation

 

Archival research • lineage reconstruction • migration stories • ancestry reports

We conduct in-depth research into your Swiss family history, tailored to your individual questions and interests. Our services include:

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1. Genealogical Research

• Locating Swiss ancestors in church books and civil registers

• Identifying birth, marriage, and death records

• Tracing emigration paths from Switzerland to the United States and beyond

• Researching original documents across Swiss cantonal and state archives

• Determining citizenship rights, Heimatort information, and historical residence data

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We offer:

• Comprehensive family research (multiple generations, complex lineages)

• Simplified ancestry tracing (identifying emigrants and their direct ancestors)

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2. Documentation Services

• Creating detailed family trees (pedigree charts, descendant trees, multi-generation charts)

• Writing full family history reports and chronicles

• Designing and publishing family books, private or public

• Creating family coats of arms where historically justified

• Professional visual documentation including maps, timelines, and archival reproductions

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3. Heritage Travel to Your Roots

If desired, we transform your research into a personalized journey, guiding you through the places, archives, and landscapes connected to your family.

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Inventory Creation for Family Archives

 

If you want clarity and structure in your existing genealogy materials, we offer professional inventory creation. We organize documents, photos, research notes, certificates, letters, and historical materials into a clear and accessible archival system. This service is ideal for families wishing to preserve their heritage for future generations.

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Courses: Reading Old German Kurrentschrift (15th–19th Century)

 

Many Swiss records are written in the old German Kurrentschrift, a handwriting style that is challenging to read without training.

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Our course teaches participants how to decipher historical handwriting found in:

• church records

• legal documents

• private correspondence

• archival manuscripts

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The course includes:

• six evenings of instruction (three hours each)

• a research half-day in a state archive

• practical reading exercises using authentic historical documents

Courses take place in the Basel region.

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Family History and

Family Chronicle Writing

 

A comprehensive family history or family chronicle goes beyond collecting basic dates. We reconstruct the lives, contexts, and personalities of your ancestors, including both remarkable achievements and difficult chapters. This may include:

 

• biographical sketches

• social and historical context

• photographs, documents, and illustrations

• narrative storytelling

• migration journeys

• family relationships and inherited traditions

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We gather information from church registers, civil records, photographs, letters, newspapers, private and official archives, and oral history interviews with living relatives. Modern genealogy software allows us to transform research into detailed reports, but the foundation is always solid, verified historical work.

 

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Insights: Why People Search for

Their Swiss Roots

 

Most genealogy clients share a common desire to understand where they come from, who their ancestors were, and how their family evolved over time.

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Common motivations include:

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• curiosity about family origins

• identifying notable ancestors or “black sheep”

• understanding migration and social history

• preparing for inheritance or legal questions

• planning family reunions

• strengthening cultural identity

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Effective research requires clear goals, interviews with living relatives, preparation before entering archives, familiarity with Kurrentschrift, patience, and methodological accuracy. Online tools can support the process, but authentic archival work remains essential.

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About the Expert

 

Our services are based on more than 40 years of experience in Swiss family history research, with expertise in:

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• Swiss migration to the United States

• archival research in German-speaking Switzerland

• genealogy travel guidance

• lineage documentation

• historical handwriting

• publication of research findings

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Begin Your Journey into Your Swiss Heritage

 

Whether you are looking for:

• a complete ancestry report

• a multi-generation family tree

• a personalized genealogy trip to Switzerland

• archival research

• assistance connecting with living relatives

• documentation of your family’s migration story

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We are here to support you with expert guidance and dedication.

 

 

Contact us today to begin discovering your Swiss roots.