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, 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