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Switzerland – General

Swiss surnames : a complete register. (1995). Picton Press.
Notes: [ISBN 0614103355]

Swiss surnames : a complete register. (2003). Picton.
Notes: based partially on the volumes commonly known as Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz, now issued as a CD

Barrai, I., Scapoli, C., Beretta, M., Nesti, C., Mamolini, E., & Rodriguez-Larralde, A. (1996). Isonymy and the genetic structure of switzerland .1. The distributions of surnames. Annals of Human Biology, 23(6), 431-455.
Abstract: The surname distribution of the population of Switzerland was studied using a sample of 1 702 000 private users registered for the year 1994 in the Helvetic Telephone Directory

Fähndrich, T. (2000). Zuger Familiennamen : Entstehungsprozesse, Verfestigung, Bedeutungen /. Zug : Kalt-Zehnder.

Grüter, T. (2003). Hypocoristics: the case of U-formation in Bernese Swiss German. Journal of Germanic Linguistics, 15(1), 27-63.

Imhof, A. Familiennamen der Schweizer Bürger : Zweisprachige Ortschaften + 6656 Familienwappen . [1 CD-Rom]. Schliern bei Könitz : Alfred Imhof.

Löffler, H. (1988). Names and regional respectively national identity in a polylingual country such as Switzerland. NomAfr, 2(1).

Meier, E. et al. (1995). Swiss surnames : a complete register. Camden, Me: Picton Press.

Meier, E., & Meier, C. (1989). Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz. Zürich: Schulthess.

Minder, H. (2005). Familiennamen der Schweizer Bürger : Elektronische Ressource. Bern : Genealogisch-Heraldische Gesellschaft.

Senn, A. (1948). Swiss names. Swiss Record, (1), 71-82.
Abstract: Lawson2: "Systematic desription of aspects of Swiss first names and surnames -focus on those in German"

Senn, A. (1962). Notes on Swiss personal names. Names, (10), 149-158.
Abstract: Lawson1: "Classification with examples of German-Swiss first names and surnames. Many examples. Some attention to transformation of Swiss names in the U.S. 13 refs, most in German."

Stocklin, P. (1985). Village surnames in the Basel region. Schweizerisches Archiv Fur Volkskunde, 85(1/2), 259-270.

Öhler, R. (1989). Familiennamenbuch der Scweiz = Repoertoire des noms de famille Suisses = Reportorio dei nomi di famiglia Svizzeri = Cudesch dals nums da famiglia da la Svizra = Register of Swiss surnames. Zurich: Schulthess Polygraphischer Verlag.

Switzerland – Genetics

Morton, N. E., & Hussels, I. (1970). Demography of inbreeding in Switzerland. Human Biology, (42), 65-78.
Abstract: Lawson2:

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