Wil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wil, 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 Wil is in the Laufenburg district and the Aargau canton. It is located in the north-east of the Fricktal region, about 3 km from the border to Germany. It is on the Etzgerbach river in the upper Mettau Valley.

History
In 1318, Wil was first mentioned by the name of wilari and Wile. Wil is in the Laufenburg district and the Aargau canton.

Wil merged into the Mettauertal municipality on 1 January 2010. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Etzgen
 * Hottwil
 * Mettau
 * Oberhofen

The population history of Wil is: 1850 - 739 inhabitants 1900 - 521 inhabitants 1930 - 522 inhabitants 1950 - 533 inhabitants 1960 - 558 inhabitants 1970 - 539 inhabitants 1980 - 530 inhabitants 1990 - 566 inhabitants 2000 - 666 inhabitants 2006 - 669 inhabitants 2008 - 659 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 70.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 17.3% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1697, the Saint-Wendelin chapel was mentioned.

Church Records
Wil belongs to the parish of Mettau. See Mettau for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wil:
 * 1837 (images 104-114)
 * 1850: Form A (images 689-706)
 * 1850: Form B (image 707)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wil 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)