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, 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