Elgg Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

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Guide to Elgg parish, Zürich, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

History
The church parish of Elgg includes the villages of Schneittal and Kappel, which are part of the civil parish of Hagenbuch, and the villages of Gündlikon and Zünikon, which were part of the now-defunct civil parish of Bertschikon bei Attikon.

Locations within Elgg
Haggenberg belongs to the church parish of Aadorf.

Surrounding Parishes
Aadorf (Thurgau) Aawangen (Thurgau) Bichelsee (Thurgau) Elsau Gachnang (Thurgau) Schlatt Turbenthal Wiesendangen

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Elgg:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Elgg families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich