Murgenthal Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Murgenthal, 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 Murgenthal, located in the former municipality of Riken, was established in 1817. Before 1817, Balzenwil belonged to the parish of Roggwil in Canton Bern. Riken belonged to the parish of Wynau in Canton Bern. See Roggwil and Wynau for more information.

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

Murgenthal was created in 1901 from the merger of the municipalities of Balzenwil and Riken. During these censuses, both municipalities were enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Balzenwil and Riken:

Balzenwil

 * 1837 (images 396-400)
 * 1850: Form A (images 483-487)
 * 1850: Form B (image 488)

Riken

 * 1837 (image 493-519)
 * 1850: Form A (images 74-106)
 * 1850: Form B (image 107)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Murgenthal 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)