Staufen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Staufen 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 Staufen was first mentioned in the tenth century. It includes the municipalities of Schafisheim, the northern part of Othmarsingen (until 1873), and Niederlenz (until 1990). It also included Lenzburg until 1565, when it became an independent parish.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Staufen:
 * 1837 (images 306-322)
 * 1850: Form A (images 475-493)
 * 1850: Form B (image 494)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Staufen 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)