Unterkulm Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Unterkulm 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 Kulm, located in the municipality of Unterkulm, was first mentioned in 1045. It became Reformed in 1528. It includes the municipalities of Oberkulm as well as Teufenthal (until 1979). Dürrenäsch belonged to Kulm until 1616, when it was transferred to Leutwil; part of Zetzwil belonged to Kulm until 1636, when it was transferred to Gontenschwil.

Original church records are located onsite at the Unterkulm municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1560-1602
 * Baptisms 1658-1712
 * Baptisms 1712-1752
 * Baptisms 1752-1779
 * Baptisms 1779-1794
 * Baptisms 1715-1816; baptisms non-resident citizens 1817-1844
 * Baptisms 1817-1831
 * Baptisms 1831-1844
 * Baptisms 1845-1875
 * Baptisms non-resident citizens 1845-1875


 * Marriages, burials 1666-1742
 * Marriages, burials 1743-1752
 * Marriages 1752-1816
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriage banns 1815-1852
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1875


 * Burials 1752-1811
 * Burials 1812-1816; burials non-resident citizens 1817-1873
 * Burials 1817-1843
 * Burials 1843-1875


 * Family book 1798-1804

The following church records are only available onsite at the Unterkulm municipal archive:
 * Confirmations 1780-1853
 * Confirmations 1853-1885
 * Family book Oberkulm, Unterkulm, and Teufenthal 1844-1851

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

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Unterkulm:
 * 1837 (images 636-652)
 * 1850: Form A (images 740-781)
 * 1850: Form B (image 782)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Unterkulm 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)