Flawil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Flawil 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 Flawil:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1625-1684) and marriages (1625-1684) Baptisms (1684-1706), marriages (1684-1706), and burials (1684-1706) Baptisms (1706-1762), marriages (1706-1762), and burials (1706-1762) Baptisms (1762-1812), marriages (1762-1812), and burials (1762-1812) Non-citizen resident baptisms (1820-1838), marriages (1826-1873), and burials (1820-1864)

Baptisms volume 1 (1813-1873) Baptisms volume 2: non-citizen residents (1838-1873) Baptisms volume 3 (1874-1907)

Confirmations volume 1 (1809-1843) Confirmations volume 2 (1844-1915)

Marriages (1813-1873) Marriages (1873-1947) -- unavailable online

Burials (1813-1873) Non-citizen resident burials (1865-1874), burials (1874-1929)

Family book C1 (1780-1808) Family book C5 (1857-1900) Family book C6 (1857-1900) Family book C7 (1857-1913) Family book C8 (1857-1900) Family book index C9 (1857)

Catholic
Baptisms (1626-1737), confirmations (1671-1718), marriages (1627-1737), and burials (1635-1736) Baptisms (1735-1841) and confirmations (1737-1836) Baptisms (1842-1903)

Marriages and burials (1735-1841) Marriages (1842-1894) Marriages (1895-1949) -- unavailable online

Burials (1842-1905)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Flawil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen