Lichtensteig Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Lichtensteig was established in 1646. Before 1646, parishioners belonged to the parish of Wattwil.

Baptisms (1647-1766), marriages (1647-1761), and burials (1651-1766) Baptisms (1766-1842), marriages (1766-1842), and burials (1766-1842) Baptisms (1843-1899) Marriages (1843-1943) -- unavailable online Burials (1843-1909)

Family books were compiled for Lichtensteig in 1843 and 1872, but they are not available online.

Catholic
Baptisms (1651-1726), confirmations (1657-1704), marriages (1651-1726), and burials (1652-1726) Baptisms (1726-1830), confirmations (1724-1830), marriages (1735-1830), and burials (1733-1830) Baptisms (1831-1890), confirmations (1836-1872), marriages (1831-1890), and burials (1831-1890)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Lichtensteig families:

Civil Registration
The following civil records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Lichtensteig:

Births, marriages, and deaths (1890) Births, marriages, and deaths (1891) Births, marriages, and deaths (1892) Births, marriages, and deaths (1893) Births, marriages, and deaths (1894) Births, marriages, and deaths (1895) Births, marriages, and deaths (1896) Births, marriages, and deaths (1897) Births, marriages, and deaths (1898) Births, marriages, and deaths (1899) Births, marriages, and deaths (1900)

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen