Mettau Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mettau 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 Mettau was was first mentioned in 1254. It includes the municipalities of Etzgen, Oberhofen, and Wil. It also included the municipality of Schwaderloch between 1788-1880.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Mettau:
 * 1837 (images 803-809)
 * 1850: Form A (images 513-522)
 * 1850: Form B (image 523)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mettau 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 Region Basel (GHGRB)