Muri Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Muri 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.



Catholic
The parish of Muri is ancient, in association with the abbey that was founded there in 1027; the parish church is called St. Goar. It includes the municipalities of Buttwil and Geltwil. Aristau belonged to Muri until 1942, when it became an independent parish.

The following church records are available onsite in the Muri Abbey office:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1597-1611 (with gaps)
 * Baptisms 1614-1663; marriages, burials 1611-1663; confirmations 1621-1642
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1663-1693; confirmations 1667-1693
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1694-1715; confirmations 1701-1753
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1716-1763; confirmations 1723-1742
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1764-1803; confirmations 1768-1797
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations 1804-1839
 * Baptisms 1840-1875; marriages, burials 1840-1842; confirmations 1846-1865
 * Baptisms 1817-1845
 * Baptisms 1846-1869
 * Baptisms 1870-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-citizens 1830-1872
 * Burials 1817-1853
 * Burials 1854-1875
 * Family book 1613-1787
 * Family book 1663-1706
 * Family book 1683-1730
 * Family book 1773-1799
 * Family book 1795-1833
 * Family book 1795-1833
 * Family book 1821-1899
 * Family book 1822-1891
 * Family book 1831-1842
 * Family book A-H 1837-1874
 * Family book I-O 1837-1874
 * Family book P-Sto 1837-1874
 * Family book Str-Z 1837-1874
 * Family book non-resident citizens 1837-1872
 * Family book non-citizen residents 1840-1880
 * Family book 1874-1916
 * Strebel family 1626-1726

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Muri Abbey office.

Reformed
The Reformed parish was established in 1938, though records begin earlier. Original church records are located onsite at the Muri parish church office. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1894-1914; burials 1896-1910; confirmations 1899-1905
 * Baptisms, burials, confirmations 1914-1937; marriages 1914-1932
 * Baptisms 1938-1960

Other church records are found onsite at the Muri parish church office.

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

The 1837 census in Muri is out of order. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Muri:
 * 1837: Households 1-19 (images 407-408)
 * 1837: Households 19-37 (images 418-419)
 * 1837: Households 37-83 (images 404-407)
 * 1837: Households 83-327 (images 419-433)
 * 1850: Form A (images 5-53)
 * 1850: Form B (images 54-55)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)