Zofingen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Zofingen 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 Zofingen was first mentioned in 1194. It became Reformed in 1528. It includes the municipalities of Mühlethal, Oftringen (until 1920), Strengelbach (until 1968), and Vordemwald (until 1949). Safenwil belonged to Zofingen until 1616, when it was transferred to Kölliken. Rothrist (called Niederwil before 1890) belonged to Zofingen until 1714, when it became an independent parish.

The parish registers for Zofingen are located in the Cantonal Archive of Aargau located in Aarburg. A catalogue of the kirchenbücher are located here

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Zofingen families:

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Zofingen:
 * 1837 (images 71-135)
 * 1850: Form A (images 278-368)
 * 1850: Form B (images 368-374)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Zofingen 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)