Unterkulm Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Unterkulm 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 Kulm, located in the municipality of Unterkulm, was first mentioned in 1045. It became Reformed in 1528. It includes the municipalities of Oberkulm as well as Teufenthal (until 1979). Dürrenäsch belonged to Kulm until 1616, when it was transferred to Leutwil; part of Zetzwil belonged to Kulm until 1636, when it was transferred to Gontenschwil.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Unterkulm:
 * 1837 (images 636-652)
 * 1850: Form A (images 740-781)
 * 1850: Form B (image 782)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Unterkulm 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)