Sulz Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sulz 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 Sulz (Swiss German : sʊlts) is in the Laufenburg district and the Aargau canton. It is located on the Rhine River, bordering with Germany, in the north-east of the Fricktal region. The municipality of Sulz includes the community of Sulz and the hamlets of Sulzerberg, Leidikon and Rheinsulz.

History
In 1260, Sulz was first mentioned by the name of Sulze. Sulz (Swiss German : sʊlts) is in the Laufenburg district and the Aargau canton.

On 1 January 2010, the municipality of Sulz merged into Laufenburg.

The population history of Sulz is: 1803 - 670 inhabitants 1850 - 1,125 inhabitants 1900 - 970 inhabitants 1930 - 1,008 inhabitants 1950 - 1,046 inhabitants 1960 - 1,022 inhabitants 1970 - 1,021 inhabitants 1980 - 936 inhabitants 1990 - 956 inhabitants 2000 - 1,122 inhabitants 2009 - 1,160 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 73.6% were Roman Catholic
 * 13.8% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 12.6% were Other Churches

In 1296, the Saints-Pierre-et-Paul church (Sulz) and the Sainte-Marguerite church (Rheinsulz) were mentioned.

Church Records
The parish of Sulz was first mentioned in 1297; the parish church is named St. Peter und Paul.

Original church records are located onsite at the Sulz parish church office. Microfilm copies of the following church records are available onsite at the Aargau State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1599-1706; confirmations 1649-1696
 * Baptisms 1700-1825; marriages, burials 1705-1825; confirmations 1750-1841
 * Baptisms 1876-1928
 * Marriages 1876-1936
 * Burials 1876-1949

The following church records are only available onsite at the Laufenburg municipal archive:
 * Baptisms 1817-1875
 * Marriages 1817-1852
 * Marriages 1852-1875
 * Burials 1817-1875

Post-1875 church records are found onsite at the Sulz parish church office.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Sulz:
 * 1837 (images 51-64)
 * 1850: Form A (images 593-622)
 * 1850: Form B (image 623)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sulz 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)