Hemberg Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Hemberg 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 Hemberg:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1601-1700), marriages (1601-1700), and burials (1646-1700)

Baptisms (1701-1800), confirmations (1726-1800), marriages (1701-1800), and burials (1701-1800) Baptisms (1801-1847), confirmations (1801-1847), marriages (1801-1847), and burials (1801-1847) Baptisms (1848-1973) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1866-1869), marriages (1866-1869), and burials (1866-1869)

Marriages (1848-1954) -- unavailable online

Burials (1848-1973)

Family book (1809-1835) Family book volume 1 (1807-1880) Family book volume 2 (1870-1902) Family book volume 3 (1870-1915) Family book volume 4 (1882-1957) -- unavailable online Family book index (1870-1892) Family book, non-citizen residents (1832-1962) -- unavailable online

Urbarbuch (1650-1712)

Catholic
ZVA 12.1210 Hemberg (katholisch): Bürgerregister (1867 (ca.)-)] ZVA 12.1208 Hemberg (katholisch): Ehebuch (1830 (ca.)-1973 (ca.))] ZVA 12.1205 Hemberg (katholisch): Tauf-, Firm-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1625 (ca.)-1742 (ca.))] ZVA 12.1206 Hemberg (katholisch): Tauf-, Firm-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1740 (ca.)-1835 (ca.))] ZVA 12.1207 Hemberg (katholisch): Taufbuch (1830 (ca.)-1973 (ca.))] ZVA 12.1209 Hemberg (katholisch): Totenbuch (1830 (ca.)-1973 (ca.))]

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Hemberg families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen