Henau Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Henau Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

The municipality of Uzwil was named Henau until 1964.

Church Records
Protestants living in Henau belonged to the parish of Niederuzwil.

The following church records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Henau:

Catholic
Baptisms (1618-1671), marriages (1616-1671), and burials (1629-1636) Baptisms (1672-1707), confirmations (1703-1723), marriages (1672-1706), and burials (1672-1706) Baptisms (1707-1786), marriages (1707-1786), and burials (1707-1786) Baptisms (1787-1848), confirmations (1790-1839), marriages (1787-1848), and burials (1787-1848) Baptisms (1843-1944) -- unavailable online Marriages (1843-1938) -- unavailable online Burials (1843-1949)

Family book 6.2 (1845-1886) Family book 6.3 (1843-1886) Family book 6.4 A+B (1845-1894) Family book 6.5 (1803-1878)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Henau families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen