Wislikofen Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wislikofen 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 Wislikofen was first mentioned in 1143, when it separated from Schneisingen. It included Böbikon until 1843; it has also included Mellstorf since 1832 and Rümikon since 1857.

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

Mellstorf was a separate municipality until 1899, when it became part of Wislikofen. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wislikofen and Mellstorf:

Wislikofen

 * 1837 (images 738-740)
 * 1850: Form A (images 775-778)
 * 1850: Form B (image 779)

Mellstorf

 * 1837 (images 698-700)
 * 1850: Form A (images 673-676)
 * 1850: Form B (image 677)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wislikofen 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 Zürich (GHGZ)