Krinau Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Krinau 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 Krinau:

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Krinau was established in 1724. Before 1724, parishioners belonged to the parish of Mogelsberg.

Baptisms (1724-1819), confirmations (1726-1817), marriages (1727-1819), and burials (1725-1819) Baptisms (1819-1926), confirmations (1819-1927), marriages (1819-1927), and burials (1819-1927)

Family book (1724-1794)

Family books were also compiled in 1813 and 1840, but are unavailable online.

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Krinau families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen