Alt Sankt Johann Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Alt Sankt Johann 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 Alt Sankt Johann:

Evangelical Reformed
Marriages (1843-1973), burials (1843-1973) -- unavialable online Baptisms (1634-1707, 1714-1760, 1760-1773 1715-1759, marriages (1641-1707, 1714-1773), burials (1671-1706, 1714-1773) Baptisms (1692-1874), marriages (1714-1841), burials (1744-1873) Baptisms (1843-1973), confirmations (1843-1873), marriages (1843-1973), burials (1843-1973) -- unavailable online

Catholic
Baptisms (1603-1743), marriages (1673-1729, 1730-1743), burials (1673-1729, 1730-1743) Baptisms (1743-1829), confirmations (1746-1869), marriages (1743-1829), burials (1743-1829) Baptisms (1830-1899), marriages (1830-1899), burials (1830-1899) Baptisms (1868-1926), marriages (1868-1926), burials (1868-1926) -- unavailable online Baptisms (16th-17th centuries) Family book I (1634-1863) Family book II (1856-1954) -- unavailable online Family book III (1893-1969) -- unavailable online

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Alt Sankt Johann families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Alt Sankt Johann prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen