Zurzach Parish, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Zurzach 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 Zurzach was first mentioned in 1247. After the Reformation, about 2/3 of the residents were Reformed, as was the church.

The remaining 1/3 were Catholic, belonging to the parish of Birmenstorf. For Catholics, see Birmenstorf for more information.

Census Records
Two different types of censuses were taken in Zurzach at different times.

Religious Censuses
See here for article describing the Zürich census records.

The following censuses are available for Zurzach:

Residential Censuses
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Zurzach:
 * 1837 (images 523-534)
 * 1850

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Zurzach 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 Zürich (GHGZ)