Oberwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oberwil 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 Oberwil was established in 1445, and includes Lieli. It included Berikon until 1861.

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

Leili was a separate municipality until 1908, when it became part of Oberwil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oberwil and Lieli:

Oberwil

 * 1837 (images 34-41)
 * 1850: Form A (images 558-572)
 * 1850: Form B (image 573)

Lieli

 * 1837 (images 5-9)
 * 1850: Form A (images 498-501)
 * 1850: Form B (image 502)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oberwil prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)