Oberhelfenschwil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Oberhelfenschwil 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 [ https://dls.staatsarchiv.sg.ch/de/orientierung/digitale-unterlagen/ online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen] for Oberhelfenschwil:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1694-1832), marriages (1694-1847), and burials (1694-1832) Baptisms (1833-1847), marriages (1833-1839), and burials (1833-1847) Baptisms (1822-1839) Baptisms (1840-1921) and confirmations (1842-1921) Marriages (1840-1913) and burials (1840-1913)

Family book (1754-1870) Family book, volume 2 (1817-1908)

Catholic
Baptisms (1635-1704), confirmations (1680-1697), marriages (1638-1705), and burials (1707-1725) Baptisms (1705-1800), confirmations (1718-1777, 1790), marriages (1705-1800), and burials (1725-1801) Baptisms (1801-1841), confirmations (1804-1872), marriages (1801-1841), and burials (1801-1841) Baptisms (1842-1973) -- unavailable online Marriages (1842-1973) -- unavailable online] Burials (1842-1973)

Family book (1812-1882)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Oberhelfenschwil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen