Wattwil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Wattwil 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 online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Wattwil:

Evangelical Reformed
Bürgerregister (1822 (ca.)-1877 (ca.)) Ehebuch (1874 (ca.)-1973 (ca.)) Familienbuch (1822 (ca.)-1876 (ca.)) Familienbuch (1856 (ca.)-1891 (ca.))

Familienbuch Bd.1 (1-299) (1773 (ca.)-1905 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.2 (300-600) (1783 (ca.)-1893 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.3 (601-900b) (1790 (ca.)-1912 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.4 (901-1191) (1795 (ca.)-1880 (ca.)) Family book, volume 5 (1192-1492) (1779-1888) Familienbuch Bd.6 (1493-1793) (1853 (ca.)-1891 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.7 (1794-2094) (1864 (ca.)-1917 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.8 (2095-2396) (1874 (ca.)-1891 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.9 (2397-2697) (1883 (ca.)-1919 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.10 (2698-2745) (1905 (ca.)-1920 (ca.)) Familienbuch (Niederlassungsregister) (1869 (ca.)-1920 (ca.)) Konfirmanden- und Ehebuch (1840 (ca.)-1873 (ca.))

RegisterFamilienbuch A-K (1862 (ca.)-) RegisterFamilienbuch L-Z (1862 (ca.)-) RegisterFamilienbuch (1862 (ca.)-) Tauf-, Konfirmanden-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1612 (ca.)-1692 (ca.)) Tauf-, Konfirmanden-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1693 (ca.)-1720 (ca.)) Tauf-, Konfirmanden-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1721 (ca.)-1757 (ca.)) Tauf-, Konfirmanden-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1758 (ca.)-1798 (ca.)) Tauf-, Konfirmanden-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1799 (ca.)-1839 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1889 (ca.)-1954 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1829 (ca.)-1835 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1840 (ca.)-1889 (ca.)) Totenbuch (1840 (ca.)-1895 (ca.)) Totenbuch (1896 (ca.)-1962 (ca.))

Catholic
Familienbuch (1750 (ca.)-1876 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1593 (ca.)-1623 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1623 (ca.)-1701 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1863 (ca.)-1903 (ca.)) Tauf-, Firm-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1786 (ca.)-1841 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1701 (ca.)-1785 (ca.)) Totenbuch (1701 (ca.)-1785 (ca.))

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

The following censuses are available for Wattwil:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wattwil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen