Gossau Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Gossau Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Church Records
The following church records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Gossau:

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Gossau was established in 1896. Before 1896, parishioners belonged to the parish of Flawil. Records are not available online.

Catholic
Click on a linked collection and then on the yellow "viewer" button to browse the images.

Baptisms (1638-1696) and confirmations (1657-1687) Baptisms (1694-1785) and marriages (1694-1796) Baptisms (1786-1829) and marriages (1796-1829) Baptisms (1830-1871) Baptisms (1872-1889) Baptisms (1890-1899) Baptisms (1900-1911) Baptisms (1912-1935) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1936-1960) -- unavailable online

Marriages (1640-1696) and burials (1640-1696) Marriages (1830-1871) Marriages (1872-1899)

Confirmations (1872-1945) -- unavailable online Confirmations (1694-1804) and burials (1697-1812)

Burials (1812-1830) Burials (1830-1872) Burials (1872-1899) Burials (1900-1921) -- unavailable online Burials (1921-1950) -- unavailable online

Family book (1788-1850) Family book (1826-1877)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Gossau families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gossau prior to 1875:

Related Sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen