Umiken Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Umiken 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 Umiken is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

History
In 1015, Umiken was first mentioned by the name of Vminkon. In 1277 as Humikon. In 1302 as Uninkon. Umiken is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

On 1 January 2010, the municipality of Umiken into Brugg.

The population history of Umiken is: 1764 - 143 inhabitants 1831 - 218 inhabitants 1850 - 216 inhabitants 1900 - 234 inhabitants 1950 - 467 inhabitants 2000 - 999 inhabitants

In 1256, the Saint-Maurice church was mentioned. It includes Riniken and Villnachern.

Church Records
The parish of Umiken was first mentioned in 1256. It became Reformed in the 1520s. It includes the municipalities of Riniken and Villnachern.

Original church records are located onsite at the Brugg city archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1598-1693
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1693-1751; confirmations 17190-1751
 * Baptisms 1752-1802
 * Baptisms 1803-1816; baptisms non-resident citizens 1816-1875
 * Baptisms 1817-1873
 * Baptisms 1873-1875
 * Marriages 1612-1692 (with gaps); burials 1616-1692 (with gaps)
 * Marriages 1752-1839
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1875
 * Burials 1752-1816; burials non-resident citizens 1840-1851
 * Burials 1817-1875
 * Confirmations 1752-1839

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

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Umiken:
 * 1837 (images 371-375)
 * 1850: Form A (images 430-435)
 * 1850: Form B (image 436)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Umiken 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)