Research tips

To help you get started with your research, the Swiss Federal Archives offer tips on frequently requested topics as well as comprehensive inventories.

You can conduct a full-text search in the fonds of the Federal Archives via online access to the Federal Archives. Under Topics you’ll find historical information and research tips on frequently requested topics. You can also search by topic using the Inventories, which list sources on a specific topic as comprehensively as possible.

Alternatively you can search for documents from the Federal Archives directly by topic via the thematic overview.