Gams Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

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

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

Catholic
Baptisms (1613-1673) and burials (1626-1630) Baptisms (1673-1712), marriages (1665-1684), and burials (1665-1714) Baptisms (1700-1736) and marriages (1785-1819) Baptisms (1716-1719) and marriages (1684-1698) Baptisms (1719-1748), marriages (1712-1715), and burials (1713-1743) Baptisms (1747-1820), confirmations (1753-1808), and Chronik (1859-1901) Baptisms (1820-1842) (1842-1865) Baptisms (1851-1865), marriages (1851-1865), and burials (1851-1865)

Marriages (1747-1772) and burials (1700-1771) Marriages (1771-1820), burials (1771-1820), and Jahrzeitbuch Marriages (1820-1842) and burials (1820-1842) Marriages (1842-1865)

Burials (1842-1865)

Chronik (1927-1960) -- unavailable online

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Gams families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen