Sarmenstorf Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sarmenstorf 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 Sarmenstorf was first mentioned in 1185; the parish church is called Heilige Kreuz. It includes Uezwil, and included Bettwil until 1799.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the Sarmenstorf municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1618-1625 (excerpts), 1640-1686; marriages 1629-1687; first communions 1743-1847

The following church records are only available onsite at the Sarmenstorf municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1684-1783; marriages, burials 1685-1783; confirmations 1693-1768
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1784-1827
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1866
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church records, are found onsite at the Sarmenstorf parish church office:
 * Confirmations 1795-1947
 * Family book 1807-1914

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Sarmenstorf:
 * 1837 (images 48-63)
 * 1850: Form A (images 588-617)
 * 1850: Form B (image 618)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sarmenstorf 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)