Birr Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Birr 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
Originally a filial church, the independent parish of Birr was established in 1528 during the Reformation. It includes the municipalities of Birrhard, Brunegg, Lupfig, Scherz, and Schinznach Bad (Birrenlauf).

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Birr:
 * 1837 (images 183-193)
 * 1850: Form A (images 34-46)
 * 1850: Form B (image 47)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Birr 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)