Abtwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Abtwil 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
Abtwil belonged to Sins until 1749, when its church, St. German, became an independent parish. See Sins for earlier records.

The following church records are only available onsite at the Abtwil parish church office:
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Baptisms 1749-1875; marriages 1749-1853; burials 1748-1855; communions 1749-1830; confirmations 1753-1865

The following church records are only available onsite at the Abtwil municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1854-1875
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Abtwil parish church office.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Abtwil:
 * 1837 (images 577-585)
 * 1850: Form A (images 506-514)
 * 1850: Form B (image 515)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Abtwil 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)