Tägerig Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Tägerig 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.



Geography
The municipality of Tägerig is in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated in the Reuss river valley. It includes the village of Tägerig on the valley floor and the hamlets of Büschikon in the surrounding hills.

Tägerig (as of 2006) has an area of 3.3 km² (1.3 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 42.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 39.2% - forested
 * 15.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.4% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In the 12th century, it was mentioned by the name of Tegrank. In 1189, Tägerig was first mentioned by the name of Tegeranc.

The population history of Tägerig is: 1800 - 517 inhabitants 1850 - 990 inhabitants 1900 - 606 inhabitants 1950 - 726 inhabitants 1990 - 1,061 inhabitants 2020 - 1,470 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 53.4% belonged to the Roman Catholic
 * 27.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Tägerig initially belonged to the parish church of Niederwil. In 1669, a branch chapel was consecrated. After the devastating fire of 1838, a new church was constructed in 1846 and was made in 1864 into a separate parish which included Büschikon (previously near Hägglingen).

Church Records
Tägerig belonged to Niederwil until 1864, when it was established as an independent parish. The parish church is called St. Wendelin. Some earlier records were transferred to the parish. See Niederwil for earlier records.

The following church records, as well as all post-1875 church records, are available onsite in the Tägerig parish church office:
 * Baptisms, marriages 1774-1876; burials 1776-1876
 * Baptisms 1865-1929
 * Marriages 1865-
 * Burials 1865-
 * Family book 1865-1913
 * Family book 1897-1913

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Tägerig:
 * 1837 (images 102-121)
 * 1850: Form A (images 619-642)
 * 1850: Form B (image 643)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Tägerig 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)