Zuchwil Parish, Solothurn, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Zuchwil Parish, Solothurn, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
A Catholic parish church was located in Zuchwil. The parish covers less then 2 square miles and had a total population of less then 450 people in 1850.

Church Records
Guide to Zuchwil online Kirchenbuch.

Civil Registration

Probate Records
Zuchwil Probate records are online and are located in Kriegstetten district. Kreigstetten district probate records also cover the parishes of Aeschi, Biberist, Derendingen, Deitingen, Kriegstetten, and Luterbach. Those parishes south of the Aare river. See FamilySearch Catalog for links. They cover the time period from 1666 to 1850. There is a comprehensive index of the records from 1666 to 1881; also each volume has an index.

Genealogies
There are numerous compiled genealogies that have been created since 1900; however, they need to verified by researching the parish registers since it has been proven that a percentage of them are inaccurate.

The following genealogies have been researched for Zuchwil families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Zuchwil prior to 1875:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.