Muri Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Muri 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 Muri is ancient, in association with the abbey that was founded there in 1027.

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

The 1837 census in Muri is out of order. The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Muri:
 * 1837: Households 1-19 (images 407-408)
 * 1837: Households 19-37 (images 418-419)
 * 1837: Households 37-83 (images 404-407)
 * 1837: Households 83-327 (images 419-433)
 * 1850

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Muri 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)