Waltenschwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Waltenschwil 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 Waltenschwil was a filial church of Boswil until 1800, when it became an independent parish. The parish church is called St. Nikolaus. For earlier records, see Boswil.

The following church records, as well as all post-1875 church records, are available onsite in the Waltenschwil parish church office:
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1818-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1865
 * Burials 1817-1875

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Waltenschwil:
 * 1837 (images 501-511)
 * 1850: Form A (images 86-101)
 * 1850: Form B (image 102)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Waltenschwil 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)