Jonen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Jonen 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
Jonen belonged to the parish of Oberlunkhofen until 1866, when it became an independent parish; the parish church is called Franz Xaver. See Oberlunkhofen for earlier records.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the [hhttps://www.jonen.ch/ Jonen municipal archive]. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1867-1875
 * Marriages 1867-1875
 * Burials 1867-1875

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church record, are found onsite at the Jonen parish church office.
 * Baptisms 1867-1905

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Jonen:
 * 1837 (images 739-749)
 * 1850: Form A (images 477-496)
 * 1850: Form B (image 497)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Jonen 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)