Grabs Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Grabs 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 Grabs:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1733-1785), marriages (1733-1800), and burials (1733-1800) Baptisms (1786-1824), confirmations (1801-1824), marriages (1801-1824), and burials (1801-1824) Baptisms (1825-1839), marriages (1825-1839), and burials (1825-1839) Baptisms (1839-1886) Baptisms (1886-1912)

Confirmations (1839-1910) and marriages (1839-1923) -- unavailable online Confirmations (1827-1921) -- unavailable online

Burials (1839-1932)

Family book P2 1.1 (1821-1898) Family book P2 1.2 (1809-1860) Family book P2 1.3 (1860-1880) Family book P2 1.4 (1880-1898) -- unavailable online Family book P2 1.5 (1898-1930) -- unavailable online Family book P2 1.6 (1891-1956) -- unavailable online Family book P2 1.7 (1940-1958) -- unavailable online Family book index volumes 1-7 P2 3.1 (1830-1957) -- unavailable online Family book index P2 2.1 (1821-1902) Family book index P2 2.2 (1851-1910) Family book index P2 2.3 (1860) Family book, non-citizen residents P2 4.1 (available from FamilySearch) Citizen register P2 4.2 (1830) Family book P2 4.3 (1831-1914) Family book P2 4.4 (1800-1868)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Grabs families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen