Wohlenschwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wohlenschwil 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 Wohlenschwil was first mentioned in the twelfth century. It includes the former municipality of Büblikon, and included the municipality of Mägenwil until 1904.

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

Büblikon was a separate municipality until 1906, when it became part of Wohlenschwil. During these censuses, it was enumerated separately. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wohlenschwil and Büblikon:

Wohlenschwil

 * 1837 (images 588-595)
 * 1850: Form A (images 225-236)
 * 1850: Form B (image 237)

Büblikon

 * 1837 (image 411-417)
 * 1850: Form A (images 628-636)
 * 1850: Form B (image 637)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wohlenschwil 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 Zürich (GHGZ)