Rapperswil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Rapperswil 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 Rapperswil:

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Rapperswil-Jona was established in 1838. Before 1838, parishioners belonged to the parishs of Dürnten or Bäretswil in Canton Zürich.

Baptisms (1868-1929) -- unavailable online Marriages (1873-1931) -- unavailable online Burials (1870-1942)

Family book, volume 1 (1825-1867) Family book, volume 2 (1831-1864) Family book, volume 3 (1834-1904)

Catholic
Baptisms (1583-1612), confirmations (1602-1770), marriages (1583-1612), and burials (1597-1602, 1611-1616) Baptisms (1612-1790) Baptisms (1790-1829), confirmations (1779-1790, 1863-1870), marriages (1790-1829), and burials (1790-1829) Baptisms (1829-1872) Baptisms (1873-1946) -- unavailable online Baptisms index (1584-1829)

Marriages (1602-1750) Marriages (1700-1790) Marriages (1830-1843) Marriages (1830-1938) -- unavailable online Marriages index (1602-1826)

Burials (1629-1790) Burials (1830-1865) Burials (1866-1966) Burials index (1584-1824)

Family book, citizens and residents P71a (1794-1849) Family book, citizens and residents P71B (1801-1859) Family book, citizens and residents P72 (1825-1878) Jahrzeitbuch E16 (1490-)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Rapperswil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen