Aarwangen has become one of my favorite towns, mostly because I have so much time in the records there. One of my best memories is that SOMEONE kept finding the records just days to months before me and I couldn't figure out who it was. We were obviously doing the exact thing - going through the records and extracting our family names out for FamilySearch and our own work.
Finally I found a couple that was still in the process - they had been reserved, but only one or two ordinances had been done, and it was done in Manti. I called the temple to ask if they could tell me who had submitted the names. I don't remember if they hesitated but after hearing my story they suspect President Brugger. It was indeed Archie Brugger and his wife Doreen.
Yesterday I started going through the films again, as AI has linked those records up to the records that it has indexed. So far it is batting 100% with my names, and I find that they were mostly submitted by either Archie or I. However, this morning I found three family names that were missed by both of us, that do indeed fit into our line.
So here is my record keeping to keep me from relooking at the pages I have already done:
Aarwangen.
Aarwangen. Baptism Records 1571–1620, 1627–1662, 1613–1620, 1571–1613
Baptism Records 1662–1666, 1666–1729, 1699–1751, 1729–1751, 1752–179
Dec 7, 2025 11 of 551 added 3 names to my list
Dec 8, 2025 14 of 551 8,907 contributions added 3 names to my list from the Marti family
Dec 9, 2025 43 of 551 9,788 contributions added 1 SS
Dec 10, 2025 70 of 551 10,971 contributions all Aarberg marriages when I left off
Angels working overtime I guess. I went in a different way and got the real Aarwangen records.
Back tracked to image 67:
Dec 10, 2025 82 of 551 11,192
