Geltwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Geltwil, 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 municipality of Geltwil is in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is situated in the Muri district on the eastern slope of the Lindenberg. It includes the villages of Geltwil and Isenbergschwil.

Geltwil (as of 2009) has an area of 3.3 km² (1.3 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 80.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 15.2% - forested
 * 4.8% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1160, Geltwil was first mentioned by the name of Geltwile.

The population history of Geltwil is: 1850 - 207 inhabitants 1900 - 154 inhabitants 1950 - 158 inhabitants 2000 - 137 inhabitants 2020 - 221 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 69.3% were Roman Catholic
 * 15.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, the village depended on Muri. From 1798 to 1803, Geltwil formed a community with Isenbergschwil and Winterschwil.

Church Records
Geltwil belongs to the parish of Muri. See Muri for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Geltwil:
 * 1837 (images 456-461)
 * 1850: Form A (images 693-697)
 * 1850: Form B (image 698)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Geltwil 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)