Merenschwand Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Merenschwand 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 Merenschwand was first mentioned in 1245; the parish church is called St. Vitus. It includes the municipality of Benzenschwil.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the Merenschwand municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages 1586-1626, 1631-1641; burials 1598-1626, 1631-1641
 * Baptisms 1641-1739
 * Baptisms 1740-1837
 * Marriages, burials 1641-1739; confirmations 1642-1731
 * Marriages 1740-1826; burials 1740-1823; confirmations 1742-1866

The following church records are only available onsite at the Merenschwand municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1818-1852
 * Baptisms 1852-1875
 * Marriages 1822-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1875
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church records, are found onsite at the Merenschwand parish church office.
 * Baptisms 1838-1875
 * Family book 1796-1811
 * Family book 1796-1854
 * Family book 1796-1852
 * Family book 1845-1918 (organized by location)

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Merenschwand:
 * 1837 (images 515-534)
 * 1850: Form A (images 708-736)
 * 1850: Form B (image 737)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Merenschwand 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)