Rottenschwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rottenschwil, 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
Rottenschwil belongs to the parish of Oberlunkhofen. See Oberlunkhofen for more information.

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

Werd was a separate municipality until 1899, when it became part of Rottenschwil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Rottenschwil and Werd:

Rottenschwil

 * 1837 (images 494-499)
 * 1850: Form A (images 71-79)
 * 1850: Form B (image 80)

Werd

 * 1837 (images 511-515)
 * 1850: Form A (images 103-106)
 * 1850: Form B (image 107)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Rottenschwil 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)