Eiken Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Eiken 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 Eiken was was first mentioned in 1228. It includes the municipality of Münchwilen, and, since 1797, the municipality of Sisseln.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Eiken:
 * 1837 (images 680-697)
 * 1850: Form A (images 292-311)
 * 1850: Form B (image 312)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Eiken 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)