Mels Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Mels 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 Mels:

Catholic
Click on a linked collection and then on the yellow "viewer" button to browse the images.

Baptisms (1639-1684) Baptisms (1684-1781), confirmations (1743-1772), marriages (1747-1781), and burials (1743-1781) Baptisms (1783-1842) and confirmations (1783-1834) Baptisms (1842-1909)

Marriages (1649-1670, 1685-1746) and burials (1638-1670, 1685-1743) Marriages (1782-1842) and burials (1782-1842) Marriages (1842-1916)

Burials (1842-1927)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Mels families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen