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The family lines

Hegnauers were citizens of Elgg, Seengen and a handful of other places long before anyone drew a tree. These are the clusters the study has pieced together so far. Some are solid; a few are marked doubtful, and say so.

  • Elgg ZH 597 people · 1533–1875 Elgg · Wetzikon
  • From Igis to the Pacific 243 people · 1681–1978 Igis · Missouri
  • Luzern Seetal (Catholic) 178 people · 1584–1751 Pfeffikon · Schongau
  • Volketswil ZH (Hegnau's parish) 161 people · 1590–1801 Volketswil
  • Zürich area 112 people · 1573–1958 Zürich · Altstetten
  • Seengen 83 people · 1825–1975 New York · Switzerland
  • Switzerland (community unknown) 74 people · 1630–1938 Austria · Camberwell
  • Uster ZH (Elgg branch) 68 people · 1631–1877 Uster · Fehraltorf
  • Basel 55 people · 1700–1939 Basel · Basel
  • Bern 52 people · 1645–1884 Bern
  • Aargau (Seengen?) 50 people · 1770–1947
  • Unconnected (single records) 37 people · 1818–1938 Switzerland · Germany
  • Illnau-Effretikon ZH (Hegnaucker, doubtful) 32 people · 1559–1624 Illnau-Effretikon
  • Württemberg 32 people · 1607–1824 Niedernhall · Schussenried
  • Baden 27 people · 1665–1904 Freiburg · Bleichheim
  • Winterthur ZH (Hegnower; may be Hegner) 20 people · 1562–1646 Winterthur
  • Zürich city 20 people · 1734–1953 Stallikon
  • Bavaria (Nuremberg/Fürth) 14 people · 1821–1951 Palatinate · Pfaffenhofen
  • Bern / Seeland (Biel) 14 people · 1592–1625 Biel · Bremgarten bei Bern
  • Stein am Rhein SH (Hagenauwer, doubtful) 11 people · 1623–1762
  • North Germany 10 people · 1639–1889 Peterswalde
  • Neuchâtel / Newark NJ 9 people · 1842–1907 New Jersey · Germany
  • NOT-IN-STUDY 8 people · 1746–1792 Igis
  • St. Gallen 8 people · 1884–1911 St. Gallen
  • Fehraltorf ZH (Hegnorer, to verify) 7 people · 1548–1636 Fehraltorf
  • Not yet assigned 312 people · 1746–2014 Missouri · Amsoldingen
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The Hegnauer one-name study: every bearer of the name, in every spelling, from the sixteenth century to yesterday. Compiled slowly, one register at a time.

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2,234 people · 6,524 records
Records added up to 28 September 2026.

Living people appear as a surname only.
A contact form is on its way; the pigeons are being trained.