Merenschwand Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Merenschwand 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 Merenschwand was first mentioned in 1245. It includes the municipality of Benzenschwil.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Merenschwand:
 * 1837 (images 515-534)
 * 1850: Form A (images 708-736)
 * 1850: Form B (image 737)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Merenschwand 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)