Kappel Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Kappel 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 Kappel:

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Kappel was established in 1679. Before 1679, parishioners belonged to the parish of Krummenau.

Baptisms (1679-1815), marriages (1679-1814), and burials (1679-1814) Baptisms (1815-1840), confirmations (1815-1840), marriages (1815-1840), and burials (1815-1840) Baptisms (1821-1840), confirmations (1821-1840), marriages (1821-1840), and burials (1821-1840) Baptisms (1841-1889) and confirmations (1841-1894) Marriages (1841-1870) and burials (1841-1919)

Family book index (1850-) Family book volume 1 H1K (1808-1909) Family book volume 2 H2K (1802-1909) Family book volume 3 H3K (1794-1928) -- unavailable online Family book volume 4 H4K (1820-1907) Family book volume 5 H5K (1867-1909) Family book volume 6 H6K (1902-1943) -- unavailable online Family book volume 7 H7K (1857-1948) -- unavailable online

Catholic
Baptisms (1672-1729), confirmations (1680-1727), and marriages (1675-1725) Baptisms (1728-1829), confirmations (1737-1872), marriages (1728-1828), and burials (1728-1830) Baptisms (1829-1890), marriages (1831-1915), and burials (1830-1915) Baptisms (1891-1962) -- unavailable online

Family book (1794-1854) Family book (1814-1881)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Kappel families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen