Birrwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Birrwil 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 Birrwil was first mentioned in 1275, and became Reformed in 1528. Part of Zetzwil belonged to Birrwil until 1636, when it was transferred to Gontenschwil.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Birrwil:
 * 1837 (images 472-485)
 * 1850: Form A (images 565-587)
 * 1850: Form B (images 588-589)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Birrwil 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)