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.



Church Records
Wil belongs to the parish of Mettau. See Mettau for more information.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

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)