Seon Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Seon 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 Seon was first mentioned in 1275. In 1528 it became Reformed.

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

Retterswil was a separate municipality until 1899, when it became part of Seon. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Retterswil and Seon:

Seon

 * 1837 (images 279-306)
 * 1850: Form A (images 435-473)
 * 1850: Form B (image 474)

Retterswil

 * 1837 (images 218-219)
 * 1850: Form A (images 325-327)
 * 1850: Form B (image 328)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Seon 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)