Elfingen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Elfingen, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The former municipality of Elfingen is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located in a hollow of the Jura plateau. The municipality of Elfingen includes the village of Elfingen and the Bez hamlet.

Elfingen (as of 2006) has an area of 4.23 km² (1.63 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 45.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 49.4% - forested
 * 3.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.5% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1245, Elfingen was first mentioned by the name of Eolfingen. Elfingen is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

Elfingen merged into the Böztal municipality on 1 January 2022. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Bözen
 * Effingen
 * Hornussen

The population history of Elfingen is: 1764 - 144 inhabitants 1850 - 265 inhabitants 1900 - 217 inhabitants 1950 - 199 inhabitants 1980 - 165 inhabitants 2000 - 240 inhabitants 2010 - 258 inhabitants 2020 - 298 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 21.3% were Roman Catholic
 * 58.3% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1323, the Saint Léger Catholic parish church was consecrated. In the 16th century, the parish was moved to Bözen. Until 1528, the new parish included Bözen, Effingen, and Zeihen. Until 1649, Linn was included and until 1528, Densbüren was included.

Church Records
Elfingen belongs to the parish of Bözen. See Bözen for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Elfingen:
 * 1837 (images 238-242)
 * 1850: Form A (images 162-168)
 * 1850: Form B (image 169)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Elfingen prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)