Stein Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Stein 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 Sankt Gallen Cantonal Archive has uploaded images of their church records online. The following church records are available for Stein:

Evangelical Reformed
 * Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, and Deaths 1712-1857
 * Baptisms 1711-1727
 * Baptisms 1727-1838
 * Out of town baptisms 1724-1732
 * Out of town baptisms 1812-1824
 * Out of town baptisms 1810-1857
 * Confirmations 1784-1807
 * Confirmations 1809-1857
 * Out of town confirmations 1809-1857
 * Marriages 1712-1726
 * Marriages 1750, 1756-1783
 * Marriages 1783-1800
 * Marriages 1801-1807
 * Marriages 1808-1839
 * Burials 1712-1726
 * Burials 1756-1808
 * Burials 1808-1839
 * Out of town burials 1838-1857
 * Baptisms and Confirmations 1839-1973 - register blocked due to privacy restrictions
 * Marriages 1840-1973 - register blocked due to privacy restrictions
 * Deaths 1839-1973

Catholic
 * Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, and Deaths 1603-1771
 * Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, and Deaths 1729-1819
 * Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, and Deaths 1820-1857
 * Deaths 1898-1973

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

The following censuses are available for Stein:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Stein families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen