Grub Parish, Appenzell, Switzerland Genealogy

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Locations within Grub
Bad Rechstein Ebne Frauenrüti Grub Hartmannsrüti Höhe Krähtobel Rechstein Rieman Rüti Schwarzenegg Unterrechstein

Surrounding Parishes
Eggersriet (Sankt Gallen) Heiden Rehetobel

Church Records
The parish of Grub was established. Records available at the Family History Library include baptisms (Taufen) and marriages (Heiraten) 1636-1817; confirmations (Konfirmanden) 1796-1801; and deaths (Tote) 1673-1817. Records after 1817 are available at the Cantonal Archive in Herisau, Switzerland.

A family book (Familienbuch) for Grub was made around 1750, and includes individuals into the 1600s.

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Grub families:

Herzig family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 547,061; see also FHL Film 193,474) Herzig family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 1,181,600; see also FHL Film 193,474) Schläpfer family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 193,483)

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Grub belongs to the Vorderland Appenzell civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandsamt Vorderland Appenzell Ausserrhoden St. Gallerstrasse 9 Postfach 13 CH - 9038 Rehetobel

Tel: +41 71 878 70 20

email: [mailto:jeannette.eisenhut@rehetobel.ar.ch jeannette.eisenhut@rehetobel.ar.ch]

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

Egger Graf Herzig Hohl Höhener Kriemler Lendenmann Schläpfer Sonderegger Spiess Wich Wieser Zürcher

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Appenzell-Ausserrhoden (in German)