Rothrist Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rothrist 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 Niederwil, now called Rothrist, was established in 1714. Before 1714, it belonged to the parish of Zofingen.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Rothrist, formerly called Niederwil:
 * 1837 (images 240-288)
 * 1850: Form A (images 668-732)
 * 1850: Form B (images 733-734)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Rothrist 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)