My thanks to Wolf, who is always so knowledgeable and helpful. I think I speak for nearly everyone on the mail list in expressing my appreciation of him. Since I just returned from a visit to Switzerland in June, I'll likely opt for hiring a Swiss genealogist this time, especially since I can't read that confounding old-fashioned European script worth a darned. But it's gratifying to know I may be able to get back to 1641. My thanks again, Wolf. Jane in AZ > > Von: Jane T. [mailto:[email protected]] > > Gesendet: Sonntag, 25. August 2002 21:31 > > > > Does anyone know what church I should write to for the > > village of Seon, bezirk Lenzburg, Aargau for records prior to > > 1781? I think I've gotten all I can from the Staatsarchiv > > Aargau and from the Standsamt Seon (the the latter has not > > yet responded to my recent request for some familienscheins). > > > > According to www.genealogienetz.de/reg/CH/kibu/#ENGLISH "In > > the Protestant (Reformed) areas of Switzerland, mandates were > > issued in 1525 by the Church leaders to keep christening > > records. In some of the older churches, the baptismal records > > go back to 1528..." > > This is a very general comment - in *some* parishes the records will > date back that far, in others records might have started then, but > didn't survive until today, in others they started later. > > Unfortunately only very few Aargau church records have been filmed by > LDS, which is why you don't find Seon mentioned on the corresponding > Aargau pages. But Seon has been an independent parish and records date > back to 1641 (baptisms) and 1648 (marriages and burials) respectively. > The question is - how do you get hold of them? I'm not a specialist on > Aargau but have been told that many church records are still kept at the > parishes, whilst the State Archive has microfilms of most of them > (filmed by the State Archive themselves, rather than LDS). Possibly > both, State Archive and Parish Archive, may have the sources to check - > but likely neither will have the manpower to do so. Are you already > planning a trip to Switzerland ;-) ? > > Best regards - Wolf

Hear, hear !!!! I agree. Piet Schaddelee - The Netherlands My hobby ? I collect dead relatives ;<)) [who r related 2 me] > My thanks to Wolf, who is always so knowledgeable and helpful. I think I > speak for nearly everyone on the mail list in expressing my appreciation of > him. > My thanks again, Wolf. Jane in AZ