Walenstadt Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Walenstadt 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 Walenstadt:

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Walenstadt was established in 1866. Before 1866, parishioners belonged to the parish of Bad Ragaz. Records are not available online.

Catholic
Baptisms (1630-1677) Baptisms (1668-1819) images 1-196

Baptisms (1829-1842) images 7-32 Baptisms Index (1842-1916) images 3-25

Baptisms (1842-1916) images 26-263

Confirmations (1681-1807) images 248-284

Confirmations (1798) images 202-207

Confirmations (1832-1867) images 53-70

Marriages (1686-1771) images 222-248

Marriages 1772-1807 images 207-222

Marriages (1808-1822) images 198-202

Marriages (1823-1828) images 197-198

Marriages (1829-1842) images 46-52

Marriages Index (1842-1918) images 3-24

Marriages (1842-1918) images 25-103

Burials (1710-1747) images 94-272 Burials (1748-1828)

Burials (1829-1842) images 33-45 Burials Index (1842-1937) images 3-20

Burials (1842-1937) images 22-233

Family book Index (census 1888) (1841-1888) images 3-14

Family book (census 1888) (1841-1888) images 15-158

Jahrzeitbuch (1634-)

Jahrzeitbuch (1710-1747) images 3-93

Rosary images 273-274 Jahrzeitbuch (1765-)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Walenstadt families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen