Alt Sankt Johann Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Alt Sankt Johann 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 from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Alt Sankt Johann:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1634-1707, 1714-1760, 1760-1773 1715-1759, marriages (1641-1707, 1714-1773), burials (1671-1706, 1714-1773) Baptisms (1692-1874), marriages (1714-1841), burials (1744-1873) Baptisms (1843-1973), confirmations (1843-1873), marriages (1843-1973), burials (1843-1973) -- unavailable online Marriages (1843-1973), burials (1843-1973) -- unavialable online
 * 1634-1973 Church books(*) at FamilySearch Catalog

A family book was compiled for Alt Sankt Johann in 1774, but is not available online.

Catholic
Baptisms (1603-1743), marriages (1673-1729, 1730-1743), burials (1673-1729, 1730-1743) Baptisms (1743-1829), confirmations (1746-1869), marriages (1743-1829), burials (1743-1829) Baptisms (1830-1899), marriages (1830-1899), burials (1830-1899) Baptisms (1868-1926), marriages (1868-1926), burials (1868-1926) -- unavailable online Baptisms (16th-17th centuries) Family book I (1634-1863) Family book II (1856-1954) -- unavailable online Family book III, Beisässen (1893-1969) -- unavailable online

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Alt Sankt Johann families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Alt Sankt Johann prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen