Scherz, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Scherz, 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 Scherz is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the edge of the Birrfeld.

Scherz (as of 2009) has an area of 3.3 km² (1.3 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 55.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 33.3% - forested
 * 11.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.6% - non-productive

History
In 1273, Scherz was first mentioned by the name of Schernz. Scherz is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

On 1 January 2018, the Scherz municipality merged into the Lupfig municipality.

The population history of Scherz is: 1764 - 181 inhabitants 1837 - 354 inhabitants 1850 - 346 inhabitants 1900 - 295 inhabitants 1950 - 293 inhabitants 1975 - 410 inhabitants 1980 - 441 inhabitants 1990 - 514 inhabitants 2000 - 576 inhabitants 2010 - 656 inhabitants 2017 - 662 inhabitants 2020 - 652 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 22.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 55.5% were Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, Scherz belonged to the Windisch parish. In 1530, Scherz adopted the Reformation and belonged to Birr.

Church Records
Scherz belongs to the parish of Birr. See Birr for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Scherz:
 * 1837 (images 320-326)
 * 1850: Form A (images 335-343)
 * 1850: Form B (images 344-345)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Scherz 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)