Auenstein Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Auenstein 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 Auenstein was first mentioned in 1327.

Most original church records are held onsite at the Auenstein municipal archive. Copies of the following church records are available onsite on microfilm at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1583-1635
 * Baptisms 1636-1734; marriages 1636-1752; burials 1636-1740
 * Baptisms 1734-1765; burials 1740-1764
 * Baptisms 1763-1817; baptisms non-resident citizens 1776-1876
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1752-1781; confirmations 1753-1763
 * Marriages 1781-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages, non-resident citizens 1817-1867
 * Burials 1763-1816
 * Burials 1817-1875

All church records after 1875 are available onsite at the Auenstein parish church office.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Auenstein:
 * 1837 (images 169-183)
 * 1850: Form A (images 12-32)
 * 1850: Form B (image 33)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)