Ottenbach Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Ottenbach Parish, Zurich, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records



Surrounding Parishes
Affoltern am Albis Jonen (Aargau) Merenschwand (Aargau) Muri (Aargau) Obfelden

Church Records
The following church records are available from FamilySearch (requires a free account):

Book 1
FHL Film, DGS, item 1

Book 2
FHL Film, DGS, item 1

Household rolls

 * Family book 1795 - FHL Film 2060954, DG 8126955, item 2, images 42-219
 * Family book of non-resident citizens, 1795 - FHL Film 2060954, DG 8126955, item 1, images 3-38

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Ottenbach:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Ottenbach families:

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Ottenbach belongs to the Bezirk Affoltern civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Bezirkszivilstandsamt Affoltern Gemeindezentrum Zivilstandskreis Marktplatz 1 CH - 8910 Affoltern am Albis

Tel: +41 44 762 56 65

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@affoltern-am-albis.ch zivilstandsamt@affoltern-am-albis.ch]

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich