Vordemwald, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Vordemwald, 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 Vordemwald is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the lower valley of the Pfaffneren.

Vordemwald (as of 2009) has an area of 10.13 km² (3.91 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 34.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 58.0% - forested
 * 7.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1306, Vordemwald was first mentioned by the name of see dem Wald. Vordemwald is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Vordemwald is: 1764 - 565 inhabitants 1850 - 1143 inhabitants 1900 - 1243 inhabitants 1950 - 1435 inhabitants 1975 - 1,459 inhabitants 1980 - 1,503 inhabitants 1990 - 1,607 inhabitants 2000 - 1,788 inhabitants 2020 - 1,992 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 18.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 70.2% were Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, Vordemwald was part of the parish of Zofingen. Since 1949, the church was established.

Church Records
Vordemwald belongs to the parish of Zofingen; it built a church in 1949. See Zofingen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Vordemwald:
 * 1837 (images 346-371)
 * 1850: Form A (images 226-255)
 * 1850: Form B (image 256)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Vordemwald 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)