Schinznach Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Schinznach 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.



Geography
The former municipality of Schinznach-Dorf is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. The former municipality of Schinznach is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. It is located at the outlet of the Schenkenberg valley and on the left bank of the Aare. The municipality of Schinznach and the Wallbach and Wisstrotte hamlets.

Schinznach-Dorf (prior to 2014) has an area of 8.8 km² (3.4 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 37.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 46.0% - forested
 * 13.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 3.3% - rivers or lakes

History
In 1189, Schinznach-Dorf was mentioned by the name of Schincennach. In 1189, Schinznach was mentioned by the name of Schincennacho. Schinznach-Dorf is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton. Schinznach is in the Brugg district and the Aargau canton.

On 1 January 2014, a new municipality of Schinznach was created with the merger of Schinznach-Dorf and Oberflachs.

The population history of Schinznach is: 2020 - 2,319 inhabitants

The population history of Schinznach-Dorf is: 1850 - 1,334 inhabitants 1860 - 1,225 inhabitants 1870 - 1,173 inhabitants 1880 - 1,158 inhabitants 1890 - 1,100 inhabitants 1900 - 985 inhabitants 1910 - 932 inhabitants 1920 - 984 inhabitants 1930 - 912 inhabitants 1940 - 925 inhabitants 1950 - 1,083 inhabitants 1960 - 1,081 inhabitants 1970 - 1,154 inhabitants 1975 - 1,223 inhabitants 1980 - 1,228 inhabitants 1990 - 1,517 inhabitants 2000 - 1,637 inhabitants 2011 - 1,735 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 22.7% were Roman Catholic
 * 61.9% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1227, the village church of Saint George was mentioned. In 1650, a funeral chapel was built next to the church. In 1779, the old church was replaced with a new building.

Church Records
The parish of Schinznach was first mentioned in 1227. The area became Reformed in the 1520s.

Original church records are located onsite at the Schinznach municipal archive. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages 1528-1543
 * Baptisms 1579-1580, 1586-1594; marriages 1587-1594
 * Baptisms 1594-1686
 * Baptisms 1687-1760; confirmations 1730-1751
 * Baptisms 1761-1795
 * Baptisms 1817-1842
 * Baptisms 1843-1875
 * Marriages 1643-1737
 * Marriages 1737-1810; marriages non-resident citizens 1765-1807
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Banns 1811-1852
 * Marriages non-resident citizens 1817-1874
 * Burials 1641-1683 (with gaps)
 * Burials 1723-1810
 * Burials 1811-1816
 * Burials 1817-1875
 * Family book 1775-1807

The following church records are only available onsite at the Schinznach municipal archive:
 * Index to baptisms 1687-1760
 * Baptisms 1796-1810
 * Baptisms 1811-1816; baptisms non-resident citizens 1840-1840
 * Baptisms 1817-1819
 * Baptisms 1876-1920
 * Marriages 1817-1829
 * Marriages 1876-1933
 * Burials 1817-1829
 * Burials 1876-1925
 * Confirmations 1752-1810
 * Confirmations 1811-1886
 * Family book 1766-1773; non-resident citizens 1764-1766
 * Family book 1820-1894
 * Family book 1848-1932

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Schinznach:
 * 1837 (images 326-343)
 * 1850: Form A (images 346-380)
 * 1850: Form B (images 381-388)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Schinznach 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)