Seengen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Seengen 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 Seengen was first mentioned in 1185, and became Reformed during the 1520s. It includes the municipalities of Alliswil, Boniswil, Egliswil, and Hallwil. It also included the municipalities of Fahrwangen and Meisterschwanden until 1817, and Tennwil until 1901.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Seengen:
 * 1837 (images 252-279)
 * 1850

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Seengen 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)