Abtwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Abtwil 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
Abtwil belonged to Sins until 1748, when it became an independent parish. See Sins for earlier records.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Abtwil:
 * 1837 (images 577-585)
 * 1850: Form A (images 506-514)
 * 1850: Form B (image 515)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Abtwil 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)