Boniswil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Boniswil, 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
Boniswil belongs to the parish of Seengen; the upper part of Boniswil belonged to the parish of Leutwil until 1842. See Seengen and Leutwil for more information.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

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

Alliswil was a separate municipality until 1898, when it became part of Boniswil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Boniswil and Alliswil:

Boniswil

 * 1837 (images 347-357)
 * 1850: Form A (images 21-34)
 * 1850: Form B (image 35)

Alliswil

 * 1837 (images 340-343)
 * 1850: Form A (images 6-9)
 * 1850: Form B (image 10)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Boniswil 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)