Altstätten Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Altstätten 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 from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Altstätten:

Evangelical Reformed
Ehe- und Totenbuch (1840 (ca.)-1894 (ca.)) Familienbücher (1779 (ca.)-1925 (ca.)) Familienbuch Verzeichnis unehelicher Kinder (1800 (ca.)-1907 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.1 (1779 (ca.)-1850 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.2 (1779 (ca.)-1889 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.3 (1840 (ca.)-1906 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.5 (1877 (ca.)-1908 (ca.)) Familienbuch (Register der Niedergelassenen) (1840 (ca.)-1925 (ca.)) Familienbuch (1840 (ca.)-1911 (ca.)) Konfirmandenbuch (1804 (ca.)-1855 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1772 (ca.)-1805 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1588 (ca.)-1669 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1714 (ca.)-1740 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1740 (ca.)-1771 (ca.)) Tauf-, Konfirmanden-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1670 (ca.)-1713 (ca.)) Tauf-, Konfirmanden-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1806 (ca.)-1839 (ca.)) Tauf-, Konfirmandenbuch (1840 (ca.)-1894 (ca.))

Catholic
Ehebuch (1877 (ca.)-1942 (ca.)) Ehebuch Bd.ll (1842 (ca.)-1876 (ca.)) Ehebuch Bd.lll (1808 (ca.)-1841 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.l (1759 (ca.)-1810 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.lll (1817 (ca.)-1854 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.lV (1776 (ca.)-1870 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.1 (1804 (ca.)-1898 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.2 (1791 (ca.)-1897 (ca.)) Register Taufbuch (1754 (ca.)-) Tauf-, Ehe- und Firmbuch (1656 (ca.)-1753 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1778 (ca.)-1850 (ca.)) Tauf-, Firm-, Ehe und Totenbuch (1754 (ca.)-1776 (ca.)) Tauf- und Firmbuch (1808 (ca.)-1841 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1630 (ca.)-1655 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1842 (ca.)-1870 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1871 (ca.)-1898 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1898 (ca.)-1932 (ca.)) Totenbuch (1657 (ca.)-1753 (ca.)) Totenbuch Bd. 1 (1871 (ca.)-1932 (ca.)) Totenbuch Bd. 2 (1842 (ca.)-1870 (ca.)) Totenbuch Bd. 3 (1808 (ca.)-1841 (ca.)) Urbarbuch (1490 (ca.)-1538 (ca.))

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Altstätten:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Altstätten families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen