Mels Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Mels 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 Mels:

Catholic
Baptisms (1639-1684) Baptisms (1684-1781), confirmations (1743-1772), marriages (1747-1781), and burials (1743-1781) Baptisms (1783-1842) and confirmations (1783-1834) Baptisms (1842-1909)

Marriages (1649-1670, 1685-1746) and burials (1638-1670, 1685-1743) Marriages (1782-1842) and burials (1782-1842) Marriages (1842-1916)

Burials (1842-1927)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Mels families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen