Erlinsbach Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Erlinsbach, 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 Reformed parish of Erlinsbach was established in 1565 from the parish of Kirchberg, located in Küttigen. See Küttigen for earlier records. Original church records are located onsite at the Erlinsbach municipal archive or the Aarau civil registration office. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * Baptisms 1580-1590; marriages 1579-1592
 * Baptisms 1591-1672; marriages 1592-1670; burials 1662-1670
 * Baptisms, marriages 1672-1732; burials 1680-1732
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1733-1771; confirmations 1737-1771
 * Baptisms 1772-1816
 * Baptisms 1817-1876
 * Marriages, burials 1752-1770
 * Marriages 1772-1816; non-resident citizen banns 1779-1852
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Burials 1772-1816
 * Burials 1817-1875
 * Confirmations 1772-1962

The following church records are only available onsite at theErlinsbach municipal archive:
 * Family book 1775-1791
 * Family book 1792-1793
 * Baptisms 1876-1953
 * Marriages 1876-1955
 * Burials 1876-1955

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Erlinsbach:
 * 1837 (images 271-287)
 * 1850: Form A (images 200-223)
 * 1850: Form B (images 224-225)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Erlinsbach 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)