Bonstetten Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Bonstetten Parish, Zürich, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Surrounding Parishes
Birmensdorf Hedingen Lunkhofen (Aargau) Stallikon

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Bonstetten:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Bonstetten families:

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Bonstetten belongs to the Bezirk Affoltern civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Bezirkszivilstandsamt Affoltern Gemeindezentrum Zivilstandskreis Marktplatz 1 CH - 8910 Affoltern am Albis

Tel: +41 44 762 56 65

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@affoltern-am-albis.ch zivilstandsamt@affoltern-am-albis.ch]

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bonstetten prior to 1875:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich