Mühlethal, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mühlethal, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The former municipality of Mühlethal is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton. It is located in a side valley on the eastern side of the Wigger Valley.

History
In 1242, Mühlethal was first mentioned by the name of Mullintal. Mühlethal is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton.

The municipality of Mühlethal merged into Zofingen municipality in 2002.

The population history of Mühlethal is: 1764 - 177 inhabitants 1850 - 392 inhabitants 1900 - 361 inhabitants 1950 - 281 inhabitants 2000 - 785 inhabitants

Church Records
Mühlethal belongs to the parish of Zofingen. See Zofingen for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Mühlethal:
 * 1837 (images 288-296)
 * 1850: Form A (images 657-666)
 * 1850: Form B (image 667)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mühlethal 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)