Oftringen, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Oftringen, 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
Oftringen belonged to the parish of Zofingen until 1920, when it became an independent parish. See Zofingen for more information.
 * 1418-1996 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Oftringen:
 * 1837 (images 445-493)
 * 1850: Form A, households 1-158 (images 735-761)
 * 1850: Form A, households 158-298 (images 5-41)
 * 1850: Form B (images 42-44)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Oftringen 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)