Schöftland Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Schöftland 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 Schöftland was first mentioned in the seventh century. It includes the municipalities of Hirschthal, Holziken, Staffelbach, Wittwil, Bottenwil, and Obermuhen.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Schöftland:
 * 1837 (images 615-627)
 * 1850: Form A (images 149-178)
 * 1850: Form B (image 179)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Schöftland 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)