Berikon Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Berikon 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
Berikon belonged to the parish of Oberwil until 1861, when its parish church of St. Mauritius became independent. When it was established in 1861, it included the municipality of Rudolfstetten-Friedlisberg. See Oberwil for earlier records. Post-1875 church records, as well as the following church records, are found onsite at the Berikon parish church office:
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Baptisms 1861-1875
 * Marriages 1861-1875
 * Burials 1861-1875

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Berikon:
 * 1837 (images 666-673)
 * 1850: Form A (images 319-332)
 * 1850: Form B (image 333)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Berikon 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)