Hemberg Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Hemberg 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 Hemberg:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1601-1700), marriages (1601-1700), and burials (1646-1700)

Baptisms (1701-1800), confirmations (1726-1800), marriages (1701-1800), and burials (1701-1800) Baptisms (1801-1847), confirmations (1801-1847), marriages (1801-1847), and burials (1801-1847) Baptisms (1848-1973) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1866-1869), marriages (1866-1869), and burials (1866-1869)

Marriages (1848-1954) -- unavailable online

Burials (1848-1973)

Family book (1809-1835) Family book volume 1 (1807-1880) Family book volume 2 (1870-1902) Family book volume 3 (1870-1915) Family book volume 4 (1882-1957) -- unavailable online Family book index (1870-1892) Family book, non-citizen residents (1832-1962) -- unavailable online

Urbarbuch (1650-1712)

Catholic
Baptisms (1624-1742), confirmations (1646-1737), marriages (1625-1742), and burials (1630-1742) Baptisms (1740-1830), confirmations (1746-1820), marriages (1740-1830), and burials (1740-1829) Baptisms (1830-1973) -- unavailable online Marriages (1830-1973) -- unavailable online Burials (1830-1973)

Family book (1867)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Hemberg families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen