Buchs Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Buchs 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 Buchs:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1672-1727), marriages (1643-1728), and burials (1720-1728) Baptisms (1730-1793), marriages (1730-1793), and burials (1730-1793) Baptisms (1794-1808, confirmations (1809-1840), marriages (1794-1808, and burials (1794-1808) Baptisms (1808-1840), marriages (1809-1840), and burials (1809-1840) Baptisms (1841-1889) and confirmations (1841-1920) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1889-1959) -- unavailable online

Marriages (1841-1892) and burials (1841-1923) -- unavailable online Marriages (1893-1951) -- unavailable online

Family book volume A (1756-1905) Family book volume B (1855-1954) -- unavailable online

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

The following censuses are available for Buchs:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Buchs families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen