Birr Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Birr 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
Originally a filial church, the independent parish of Birr was established in 1528 during the Reformation. It includes the municipalities of Birrhard, Brunegg, Lupfig, Scherz, and Schinznach Bad (Birrenlauf). Original church records are located onsite at the Birr municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Baptims 1586-1601, 1611-1613; marriages 1587-1601; burials 1589-1598
 * Baptisms 1618-1681; marriages 1618-1650, 1654-1679; burials 1663-1668, 1675-1678
 * Baptisms 1681-1723; marriages 1681-1736; burials 1681-1714; confirmations 1748-1751
 * Baptisms 1724-1752; marriages 1737-1752
 * Baptisms 1752-1793
 * Baptisms 1794-1816; baptisms non-resident citizens 1867-1870
 * Baptisms 1817-1840
 * Baptisms 1841-1875
 * Marriages 1752-1816; banns 1817-1819
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages, non-resident citizens 1817-1875
 * Burials 1714-1752; confirmations 1738-1752
 * Burials 1752-1816
 * Burials 1817-1866
 * Burials 1867-1875

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

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Birr:
 * 1837 (images 183-193)
 * 1850: Form A (images 34-46)
 * 1850: Form B (image 47)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Birr 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)