Zufikon Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Zufikon 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 Zufikon is in the Bremgarten district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the right bank of the Reuss and at the foot of the Mutschellen.

Zufikon (as of 2006) has an area of 4.8 km² (1.9 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 49.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 27.1% - forested
 * 20.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.3% - non-productive

History
In 1150, Zufikon was first mentioned by the name of Zuffinchova. Zufikon is in the Bremgarten district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Zufikon is: 1850 - 589 inhabitants 1900 - 604 inhabitants 1950 - 774 inhabitants 1975 - 1,951 inhabitants 1980 - 2,607 inhabitants 1990 - 3,528 inhabitants 2000 - 3,556 inhabitants 2020 - 4,548 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 51.8% were Roman Catholic
 * 28.9% were Swiss Reformed Church

In 1275, the Saint-Martin church was mentioned for the first time. In 1865, it was demolished and then rebuilt. In 1529, the Reformation was adopted but in 1531, the community was re-catholicized.

Church Records
The parish of Zufikon was first mentioned in 1285; the parish church is called St. Martin.

Original church records are located onsite at the Raiffeisenbank Depot Zufikon. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1607-1646; marriages 1608-1643; burials 1611-1645; confirmations 1616-1642
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Burials 1817-1875

The following church records are only available onsite at the Raiffeisenbank Depot Zufikon:
 * Baptisms 1607-1801; marriages, burials 1647-1801; confirmations 1647-1797
 * Baptisms 1876-1913
 * Marriages 1853-1875
 * Marriages 1876-1930
 * Burials 1876-1945
 * Family book 1857-1863

All later church records are found onsite at the Zufikon parish church office.

Note: Baptisms and burials 1801-1817, and marriages 1800-1853 are missing.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Zufikon:
 * 1837 (images 63-70)
 * 1850: Form A (images 767-782)
 * 1850: Form B (image 783)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Zufikon 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)