Mettau Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mettau 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.



Geography
The former municipality of Mettau is in the Laufenburg district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the upper Fricktal at the northern entrance to the Bürersteig.

History
In 1254, Mettau was first mentioned by the name of Mettowe. In 1302 as Metowe. Mettau is in the Laufenburg district and the Aargau canton.

Mettau merged into the Mettauertal municipality on 1 January 2010. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Etzgen
 * Hottwil
 * Oberhofen
 * Wil

The population history of Mettau is: 1837 - 342 inhabitants 1850 - 387 inhabitants 1900 - 302 inhabitants 1950 - 270 inhabitants 2000 - 301 inhabitants

In 1254, the church of Saint-Rémy was mentioned. In 1339, the church of Saint-Rémy was incorporated into the convent of Säckingen. In 1773, the current church was rebuilt. The parish of Mettau includes Etzgen, Wil and Oberhofen.

Church Records
The parish of Mettau was was first mentioned in 1254; the parish church is called St. Remigius. It includes the municipalities of Etzgen, Oberhofen, and Wil. It also included the municipality of Schwaderloch between 1788-1880.

Original church records are located onsite at the Mettauertal municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1645-1780; confirmations 1660-1750
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1780-1798; baptisms Schwaderloch 1824-1825
 * Baptisms 1784-1825 (organized by location)
 * Baptisms 1817-1844
 * Baptisms 1844-1875
 * Baptisms 1875
 * Marriages 1784-1825 (organized by location)
 * Marriages 1817-1852


 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1820-1854
 * Burials 1784-1825 (organized by location)
 * Burials 1817-1867
 * Burials 1868-1875

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Mettau parish church office.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Mettau:
 * 1837 (images 803-809)
 * 1850: Form A (images 513-522)
 * 1850: Form B (image 523)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mettau 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)