Herznach Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Herznach 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 Herznach was first mentioned in 1180. It includes the municipality of Ueken. The villages of Oberzeihen and Niederzeihen were part of Herznach until 1852, when the newly-created parish of Zeihen was established.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Herznach:
 * 1837 (images 755-767)
 * 1850

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Herznach 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)