Gams Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Gams 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 Gams:

Catholic
Baptisms (1613-1673) and burials (1626-1630) Baptisms (1673-1712), marriages (1665-1684), and burials (1665-1714) Baptisms (1700-1736) and marriages (1785-1819) Baptisms (1716-1719) and marriages (1684-1698) Baptisms (1719-1748), marriages (1712-1715), and burials (1713-1743) Baptisms (1747-1820), confirmations (1753-1808), and Chronik (1859-1901) Baptisms (1820-1842) (1842-1865) Baptisms (1851-1865), marriages (1851-1865), and burials (1851-1865)

Marriages (1747-1772) and burials (1700-1771) Marriages (1771-1820), burials (1771-1820), and Jahrzeitbuch Marriages (1820-1842) and burials (1820-1842) Marriages (1842-1865)

Burials (1842-1865)

Chronik (1927-1960) -- unavailable online

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Gams families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen