Hedingen Parish, Zürich, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Hedingen Parish, Zurich, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Surrounding Parishes
Affoltern am Albis Bonstetten Jonen (Aargau) Lunkhofen (Aargau) Stallikon

Church Records
The following church records are available from FamilySearch (requires a free account):

Book 1: Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1634-1742
FHL Film 996918, DGS 8341351, item 1


 * Baptisms 1634-1742 - images 5-108
 * Communicants 1634-1666; statistics only - images 173-181
 * Marriages 1634-1742 - images 110-130
 * Burials 1634-1742 - images 131-172
 * Miscellaneous notes 1704-1742 - images 182-185

Book 2: Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1743-1822
FHL Film 996918, DGS 8341351, item 2


 * Baptisms 1743-1822 - images 192-306
 * Confirmations 1779-1824 - images 395-403
 * Marriages 1743-1822 - images 306-331
 * Burials 1743-1822 - images 332-394

Book 3: Baptisms, marriages, and burials 1823-1857
FHL Film 2060946, DGS 8342153, image 1


 * Baptisms 1823-1849, citizen residents - images 6-53
 * Baptisms 1829-1857, non-citizen residents - images 53-59
 * Baptisms 1849-1857, citizen residents - images 60-72
 * Baptisms 1829-1857, citizens living elsewhere - images 72-97
 * Marriages 1823-1857, citizen residents - images 98-107
 * Marriages 1829-1857, non-citizen residents - images 108-109
 * Marriages 1829-1857, citizens living elsewhere - images 110-126
 * Burials 1823-1857, citizen residents - images 128-162
 * Burials 1829-1857, non-citizen residents - images 163-166
 * Burials 1829-1857, citizens living elsewhere - images 167-181

Household rolls

 * Family book III (1703) - FHL Film 2060946, DGS 8342153, item 3
 * Family book II (1778-1779) - FHL Film 2060946, DGS 8342153, item 3
 * Family book I (1783) - FHL Film 2060946, DGS 8342153, item 3

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Hedingen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Hedingen families:

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Hedingen belongs to the Bezirk Affoltern civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Bezirkszivilstandsamt Affoltern Gemeindezentrum Zivilstandskreis Marktplatz 1 CH - 8910 Affoltern am Albis

Tel: +41 44 762 56 65

email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@affoltern-am-albis.ch zivilstandsamt@affoltern-am-albis.ch]

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Hedingen prior to 1875:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Zürich