Wartau Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Wartau 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 Wartau:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1630-1765), confirmations (1692-1698), and burials (1675-1765) Baptisms (1766-1839), confirmations (1806-1839), marriages (1766-1839), and burials (1766-1839) Baptisms (1840-1918) and confirmations (1840-1918) Marriages and burials (1840-1940) -- unavailable online

Family book volume 1 (1724-1857) Family book volume 2 (1836-1962) -- unavailable online

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wartau families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen