Wattwil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Wattwil 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 Wattwil:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1612-1692), marriages (1603-1691), and burials (1624-1634, 1643-1689) Baptisms (1693-1720), marriages (1693-1720), and burials (1691-1720) Baptisms (1721-1757), confirmations (1752-1757), marriages (1721-1757), and burials (1721-1757) Baptisms (1757-1799), confirmations (1758-1798), marriages (1757-1799), and burials (1758-1798) Baptisms (1799-1839), confirmations (1799-1838), marriages (1800-1839), and burials (1799-1839)

Baptisms (1829-1835) Baptisms (1840-1889) Baptisms (1889-1954) -- unavailable online

Marriages (1840-1874) and confirmations (1840-1895) Marriages (1874-1973) -- unavailable online

Burials (1840-1895) Burials (1896-1962)

Register of citizens (1862-)

Family book, index A-K (1862-) Family book, index L-Z (1862-) Family book, index (1862-) Family book, volume 1 (1-299) (1773-1905) - Abderhalden-Bösch Family book, volume 2 (300-600) (1783-1893) - Bösch-Giezendanner Family book, volume 3 (601-900b) (1790-1912) - Giezendanner-Mettler Family book, volume 4 (901-1191) (1795-1880) - Mettler-Wagner Family book, volume 5 (1192-1492) (1779-1888) Family book, volume 6 (1493-1793) (1853-1891) Family book, volume 7 (1794-2094) (1864-1917) Family book, volume 8 (2095-2396) (1874-1891) Family book, volume 9 (2397-2697) (1883-1919) -- unavailable online Family book, volume 10 (2698-2745) (1905-1920) -- unavailable online

Family book, non-citizen residents (1822-1876) Family book, non-citizen residents (1856-1891) Family book, non-citizen residents (1869-1920) -- unavailable online

Catholic
Baptisms (1596-1622), marriages (1593-1613), and burials (1605-1614) Baptisms (1624-1701), confirmations (1637-1694), marriages (1624-1700), and burials (1624-1701) Baptisms (1701-1785) Burials (1701-1785) Baptisms (1786-1841), confirmations (1790-1856), marriages (1786-1841), and burials (1786-1841) Baptisms (1863-1903), marriages (1863-1903), and burials (1863-1903)

Family book (1750-1876)

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Wattwil:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wattwil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen