Gränichen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Gränichen, 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
Gränichen was established as a parish after the Reformation in 1528.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the Gränichen municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1561-1602; marriages 1561-1568, 1580-1602
 * Baptisms 1619-1665
 * Baptisms 1668-1716; marriages 1612-1617, 1621-1747
 * Baptisms 1716-1747
 * Baptisms 1748-1785
 * Baptisms 1786-1801
 * Baptisms 1802-1816
 * Marriages 1748-1814
 * Burials 1614-1723, 1732-1747
 * Burials 1748-1814

The following church records are only available onsite at the Gränichen municipal archive:


 * Baptisms 1817-1836
 * Baptisms 1837-1856
 * Baptisms 1857-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1829
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1829-1836
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1837-1844
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1844-1875
 * Burials 1815-1816
 * Burials 1817-1851
 * Burials 1852-1875
 * Family book 1766 (no. 1-530)
 * Family book 1771 (no. 531-894)
 * Family book 1843 (no. 895-1140)
 * Family book 1870 (no. 1141-1406)

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

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Gränichen:
 * 1837 (images 167-225)
 * 1850: Form A (images 226-300)
 * 1850: Form B (images 301-302)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gränichen 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)