Introduction
"We are the chosen. In each family, there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts, but instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the storytellers of the tribe."
I have been dealing with the families from Glarus for many years and I am searching especially for the descendants of the emigrants from Glarus who left the country mainly in the middle of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century. Due to these years of research I was able to build up a database with more than 225'000 persons. This allows me on the one hand to show the emigration history of the Glarus emigrants and on the other hand to prove the roots of their descendants. I have prepared a Glarus Family Tree that goes back to the beginnings of church records in the canton (state) of Glarus that means about back to the 16th century.
Numerous inquiries, especially from America, have led me to go beyond the mere creation of family trees and to gather further information about the history of the Canton of Glarus and its families. Finally, the website should also serve to provide the interested genealogist with numerous genealogical topics, links and download possibilities, and descendants of emigrated Glarners should the website also be a help in preparing a visit to the most beautiful canton, its museums, archives, hotels and restaurants.
Dive in and explore the numerous information about Glarus and its families. The following topics are available:
New on the Website
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04/01/2020 From where do you get the information about birth, marriage and death in Glarus?
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23/02/2020 A Russian Colonel inherits 1954 the Glarus Alp Oberblegi
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23/03/2020 A Glossary with the most important terms used in Glarus genealogy (Update)
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01/05/2020 A new Blog about the Schabziger
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04/05/2020 The legibility of the font has been improved throughout the website by using lighter font colors
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20/06/2020 New Website about the Emigration to Brazil
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24/06/2020 You will find a list with books and articles of my library
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13/07/2020 New Blog: Genealogy Tools can help solve unsolved criminal cases
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14/07/2020 List with old names of diseases
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01/10/2020 You can download the Address Book of Canton Glarus 1932
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31/10/2020 The book abut the landslide of Elm can now be downloaded
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06/11/2020 We have added a new Online Shop
This link will take you directly to the Glarus Family Tree with over 240,000 people with a connection to the Canton of Glarus. If you cannot find your relatives in Switzerland, USA, Brazil or anywhere else in the world, please write to us and we will try to find the link.
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