Reitnau Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

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



Church Records
The parish of Reitnau was first mentioned in 900. It includes the municipalities of Attelwil and Wiliberg.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the Reitnau municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1557-1589; marriages 1561-1587
 * Baptisms 1590-1629; marriages 1588-1681
 * Baptisms 1629-1669
 * Baptisms 1670-1728; burials, confirmations 1723-1728
 * Baptisms 1729-1780; burials, confirmations 1729-1746
 * Baptisms 1781-1816
 * Baptisms 1817-1852
 * Baptisms 1853-1875
 * Marriages 1682-1718, 1723-1745; church court records 1682-1754
 * Marriages 1746-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Burials 1746-1816
 * Burials 1817-1875

The following church records are only available onsite at the Reitnau municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1876-1908
 * Confirmations 1746-1866
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1876-1935
 * Burials 1876-1960
 * Family book Reitnau 1820-1847

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Reitnau:
 * 1837 (images 188-208)
 * 1850: Form A (images 45-71)
 * 1850: Form B (images 72-73)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Reitnau 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)