Safenwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Safenwil 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 Safenwil became independent in 1865. It first belonged to Zofingen until 1616. Between 1616-1865 it belonged to the parish of Kölliken. See Kölliken and Zofingen for more information.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

The following records are available onsite at the Safenwil parish church office:
 * Baptisms 1866-1915
 * Marriages 1866-
 * Burials 1866-1998
 * Confirmations 1867-1976

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Safenwil:
 * 1837 (images 322-346)
 * 1850: Form A (images 108-136)
 * 1850: Form B (image 137)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Safenwil 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)