Olsberg Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Olsberg 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 Olsberg became an independent parish in 1786. Before 1786, Olsberg belonged to the parish of Kaiseraugst. In 1872, it became part of the parish of Rheinfelden. See Kaiseraugst for earlier records and Rheinfelden for later records.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Olsberg:
 * 1837 (images 640-644)
 * 1850: Form A (images 257-262)
 * 1850: Form B (image 263)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Olsberg 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)