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, and military records.



Church Records
The following church records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Stein. Click on a linked collection and then on the yellow "viewer" button to browse the images.

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Stein was established in 1712. Before 1712, parishioners belonged to the parish of Nesslau.

Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths 1712-1857 (broken into image numbers below)
 * Baptisms 1711-1727 (images 96-104)
 * Baptisms 1727-1838 (images 10-95)
 * Out-of-town baptisms of citizens 1724-1732 (image 184)
 * Out-of-town baptisms of citizens 1812-1824 (image 105)
 * Out-of-town baptisms of citizens 1810-1857 (images 106-129)
 * Confirmations 1784-1807 (images 133-135)
 * Confirmations 1809-1857 (images 136-151)
 * Out-of-town confirmations 1840-1858 (images 177-180)
 * Marriages 1712-1726 (images 4-5)
 * Marriages 1750, 1756-1783 (images 7-10)
 * Marriages 1783-1800 (images 130-132)
 * Marriages 1801-1807 (images 152-155)
 * Marriages 1808-1839 (images 155-177)
 * Burials 1712-1726 (images 182-183)
 * Burials 1756-1808 (images 185-206)
 * Burials 1808-1839 (images 206-231)
 * Out-of-town burials of citizens 1838-1857 (images 231-242)

Baptisms and confirmations 1839-1973 -- unavailable online Marriages 1840-1973 -- unavailable online Deaths 1839-1973

Family books were compiled for Stein in 1783, 1824, and 1861, but they are not available online.

Catholic
Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths 1603-1771 Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths 1729-1819 Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and deaths 1820-1857 Baptisms, marriages, and deaths 1830-1941 Deaths 1898-1973

Bürgerregister volume 1 (1833-1959)

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