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