Basel Family History
- Basel Name Meaning
- German: habitational name from the Swiss city of Basel. from a short form of Germanic personal names formed with Old High German ber ‘bear’ (the animal) or Old Norse bodh ‘battle’. from a pet form, Božel, from Slavic Božidar ‘gift of God’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 38,103 Historical Documents with Basel on Ancestry
- 17,088 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,214 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,657 Military Records
- 967 Immigration Records
- 11,177 Member Trees
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Number of Basel families
 7 - 12  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Basel census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Basel census records
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