Boniswil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Boniswil, 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
Boniswil belongs to the parish of Seengen; the upper part of Boniswil belonged to the parish of Leutwil until 1842. See Seengen and Leutwil for more information.

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

Alliswil was a separate municipality until 1898, when it became part of Boniswil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Boniswil and Alliswil:

Boniswil

 * 1837 (images 347-357)

Alliswil

 * 1837 (images 340-343)
 * 1850: Form A (images 6-9)
 * 1850: Form B (image 10)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Boniswil 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)