Muri Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Muri 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
The parish of Muri is ancient, in association with the abbey that was founded there in 1027. It includes the municipalities of Buttwil and Geltwil. Aristau belonged to Muri until 1942, when it became an independent parish.

Reformed
The Reformed parish was established in 1938, though records begin earlier. Original church records are located onsite at the Muri parish church office. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1894-1914; burials 1896-1910; confirmations 1899-1905
 * Baptisms, burials, confirmations 1914-1937; marriages 1914-1932
 * Baptisms 1938-1960

Other church records are found onsite at the Muri parish church office.

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

The 1837 census in Muri is out of order. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Muri:
 * 1837: Households 1-19 (images 407-408)
 * 1837: Households 19-37 (images 418-419)
 * 1837: Households 37-83 (images 404-407)
 * 1837: Households 83-327 (images 419-433)
 * 1850: Form A (images 5-53)
 * 1850: Form B (images 54-55)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Muri 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)