Sankt Margrethen Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Sankt Margrethen 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 from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1617-1697), marriages (1617-1697), burials (1654-1697) Baptisms, marriages, burials (1697-1808) Baptisms (1808-1853), burials (1808-1858) Baptisms (1854-1897), marriages (1858-1897), burials (1854-1905) Marriages (1738-1753; 1808-1857) Confirmations (1808-1907) Family book (1809 (ca.)-1823 (ca.)) Family book (1865 (ca.)-1942 (ca.)) -- unavailable online Family book (entries 1-300) (1849 (ca.)-1903 (ca.)) Family book (entries 301-473) (1886 (ca.)-1912 (ca.)) Family register (1760 (ca.)-1882 (ca.)) Town history (1800 (ca.)-)

Catholic
Baptisms (1733-1829), confirmations (1737-1872), marriages (1733-1829), burials (1733-1781) Baptisms (1830-1897), marriages (1830-1897), burials (1830-1898) Baptisms (1898-1929), marriages (1898-1939), burials (1898-1899) -- unavailable online

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

The following censuses are available for Sankt Margrethen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Sankt Margrethen families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen