Widnau Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Widnau 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 Widnau:

Evangelical Reformed
The residents of Widnau belonged to the Reformed parish of Diepoldsau.

Catholic
Baptisms (1742-1808), confirmations (1802-1806), and marriages (1742-1808) Baptisms (1808-1842) Confirmations (1819-1859, 1864-1872), marriages (1808-1842), and burials (1808-1842) Baptisms (1842-1895) Marriages (1842-1918) Burials (1842-1911)

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

The following censuses are available for Widnau:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Widnau families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen