Hermetschwil-Staffeln Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Hermetschwil-Staffeln 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 Hermetschwil-Staffeln originated in the Abbey, first mentioned in 1083. The parish church is called Bruder Klaus.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the Hermetschwil Abbey. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages 1626-1735; burials 1627-1737; confirmations 1647-1731
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Burials 1817-1875

The following church records are only available onsite at the Bremgarten city archive:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1729-1836; confirmations 1731-1829
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1832-1862

Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church record, are found onsite at the Hermetschwil Abbey.
 * Family book 1846-1920
 * Family book 1850-1873

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Hermetschwil-Staffeln:
 * 1837 (images 727-735)
 * 1850: Form A (images 462-470)
 * 1850: Form B (image 471)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Hermetschwil-Staffeln 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)