Rheineck Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Rheineck 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 from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Rheineck:

Evangelical Reformed
Rheineck was united until 1652 with the parishes of Heiden and Wolfhalden, and until 1716 with Thal and Lutzenberg.

Baptisms (1616-1701), marriages (1619-1700), and burials (1686-1700) Baptisms (1701-1776, marriages (1701-1776), and burials (1701-1776) Baptisms (1772-1840, marriages (1772-1840, and burials (1772-1840) Baptisms (1840-1939) and confirmations (1840-1939) -- unavailable online Marriages (1840-1939) and deaths (1840-1937) -- unavailable online Family book volume 5 (1825-1953) -- unavailable online Family book, volume 6.II Niedergelassene (1854-1925) -- unavailable online Family book volume 6.III Niedergelassene (1899-1957) -- unavailable online

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Rheineck:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Rheineck families:

Lutz family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 127,973; see also FHL Film 193,478)

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen