Fischbach-Göslikon Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Fischbach-Göslikon 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 Fischbach-Göslikon was first mentioned in 1048. It was briefly Reformed between 1529-1531. The parish church is Mariä Himmelfahrt.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Original church records are located onsite at the Fischbach-Göslikon municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1649-1802 (with gaps); marriages 1649-1802; burials 1649-1746; confirmations 1654-1753
 * Baptisms, marriages 1803-1844; burials 1746-1844; confirmations 1768-1865
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1866
 * Burials 1817-1875

The following church record is only available onsite at the Fischbach-Göslikon municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1817-1875; confirmations 1875-1912

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the [www.kath-fischbach-goeslikon.ch Fischbach-Göslikon parish church office].

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Fischbach-Göslikon:
 * 1837 (images 141-148)
 * 1850: Form A (images 407-421)
 * 1850: Form B (image 422)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Fischbach-Göslikon 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)