Sarmenstorf Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sarmenstorf 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 municipality of Sarmenstorf is in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated on edge of the Lindenberg. It includes the haufendorf village (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Sarmenstorf.

Sarmenstorf (as of 2006) has an area of 8.3 km² (3.2 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 59.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 28.7% - forested
 * 11.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - non-productive (rivers or lakes)

History
In 1173, Sarmenstorf was first mentioned by the name of Sarmarsdorf.

The population history of Sarmenstorf is: 1650 - 450 inhabitants 1850 - 1,240 inhabitants 1900 - 1,212 inhabitants 1950 - 1,398 inhabitants 2000 - 2,146 inhabitants 2020 - 2,913 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 64.9% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 19.9% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

The parish is first attested in 1185. The oldest church on the site of the current Holy Cross church dates from the Carolingian era (800-888). A church was constructed in 1622 and was replaced by a 1778-85 late Baroque church. The church was refurbished on the outside in 1982-83 and the interior renovated in 1987-88. The Chapel of St. Wendelin was dedicated in 1659 but was a pilgrimage site even before construction began. A new chapel was constructed in 1746-47.

Church Records
The parish of Sarmenstorf was first mentioned in 1185; the parish church is called Heilige Kreuz. It includes Uezwil, and included Bettwil until 1799.

Original church records are located onsite at the Sarmenstorf municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1618-1625 (excerpts), 1640-1686; marriages 1629-1687; first communions 1743-1847

The following church records are only available onsite at the Sarmenstorf municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1684-1783; marriages, burials 1685-1783; confirmations 1693-1768
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1784-1827
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1866
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church records, are found onsite at the Sarmenstorf parish church office:
 * Confirmations 1795-1947
 * Family book 1807-1914

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Sarmenstorf:
 * 1837 (images 48-63)
 * 1850: Form A (images 588-617)
 * 1850: Form B (image 618)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sarmenstorf 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)