Siglistorf, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Siglistorf, 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 Siglistorf is in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. The community with the clustered village of Siglistorf consists of the uppermost part of the Wislikofen valley, which separates into two arms.

Siglistorf (as of 2009) has an area of 5.51 km² (2.13 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 41.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 52.5% - forested
 * 6.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - non-productive

History
In 1113, Siglistorf was first mentioned by the name of Siglistorf.

The population history of Siglistorf is: 1850 - 394 inhabitants 1900 - 292 inhabitants 1950 - 312 inhabitants 1975 - 307 inhabitants 1980 - 355 inhabitants 1990 - 536 inhabitants 2000 - 537 inhabitants 2020 - 669 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 55.3% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 25.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Siglistorf belonged to the parish of Schneisingen and owned a chapel first mentioned in 1370. In 1968-70, the St. Fridolin chapel was built.

Church Records
Siglistorf belongs to the parish of Schneisingen. See Schneisingen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Siglistorf:
 * 1837 (images 732-738)
 * 1850: Form A (images 738-747)
 * 1850: Form B (images 748-749)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Siglistorf 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)