Gebenstorf Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Gebenstorf 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 Gebenstorf was first mentioned in 1247. After the Reformation, about 2/3 of the residents were Reformed, as was the church. It includes the municipality of Turgi.

The remaining 1/3 were Catholic, belonging to the parish of Birmenstorf. For Catholics, see Birmenstorf for more information.


 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the Gebenstorf parish church office. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:


 * Baptisms, marriages 1578-1605
 * Baptisms 1608-1635; marriages 1612-1634; burials 1608-1620
 * Baptisms, marriages 1635-1733; burials 1651-1734
 * Baptisms 1732-1763; marriages, burials, confirmations 1732-1752
 * Baptisms 1763-1816; non-resident citizen baptisms 1818-1875
 * Baptisms 1817-1873
 * Baptisms 1874-1875
 * Marriages 1752-1816; marriages non-resident citizens 1844-1854
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Burials 1752-1816; burials non-resident citizens 1838-1875
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Gebenstorf parish church office.
 * Family book 1763-1773
 * Family book 1781-1788
 * Family book 1790-1797
 * Family book 1798-1809
 * Family book 1811-1836
 * Family book Birmenstorf 1843-1875
 * Family book 1844-1872
 * Marriages, non-resident citizens 1817-1873
 * Post-1875 church records

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Gebenstorf:
 * 1837 (images 457-471; includes Turgi)
 * 1850: Form A (images 725-760)
 * 1850: Form B (images 761-763)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gebenstorf 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 Zürich (GHGZ)