Marbach Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Marbach Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Surrounding Parishes
Altstätten Oberriet Rebstein Reute (Appenzell Ausserrhoden)

Church Records
The following church records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Marbach:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1692-1730), confirmations (1699-1730), marriages (1692-1730), and burials (1692-1730) Baptisms (1731-1822), confirmations (1734-1822), marriages (1731-1822), and burials (1731-1822) Baptisms (1823-1865), confirmations (1823-1865), marriages (1823-1865), and burials (1823-1865)

Family book (1812) Family book (1827) - Marbach, various surnames Family book (1827) - Kobelt family I Family book (1827) - Kobelt family II Family book (1827) - Leuchingen Family book (1827) - non-citizen residents Family book (1866, through 1941) -- unavailable online Family book (1900, through 1949) -- unavailable online Family book register (1866-1973) -- unavailable online

Register of emigrants (1849) Chronik (1500-)

Catholic
Baptisms (1657-1747) Baptisms (1748-1817) and confirmations (1755-1804) Baptisms (1818-1842) and confirmations (1839-1859) Baptisms (1842-1906) Marriages (1769-1790, 1791-1829) and burials (1769-1829) Marriages (1830-1842) and confirmations (1872) Marriages (1842-1922) -- unavailable online Burials (1830-1835) Burials (1842-1896)

Family book (1766-1952) -- unavailable online Family book (1892-1957) -- unavailable online Family book (1761-1959) -- unavailable online Finance book (1476-1649)

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

The following censuses are available for Marbach:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Marbach families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen