Gontenschwil Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Gontenschwil 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 Gontenschwil was established during the Reformation in the 1520s. It has included the municipality of Zetzwil since 1636.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Gontenschwil:
 * 1837 (images 503-530)
 * 1850: Form A (images 630-684)
 * 1850: Form B (image 685)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gontenschwil 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 Bern (GHGB)