Sankt Peterzell Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Sankt Peterzell 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 from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Sankt Peterzell:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1709-1838), marriages (1709-1838), and burials (1709-1838) Baptisms (1822-1866), confirmations (1822-1866), marriages (1822-1866), and burials (1822-1866) Baptisms (1866-1973) and confirmations (1867-1973) -- unavailable online Marriages (1866-1973) and burials (1866-1973) -- unavailable online Confirmations (1890-1956) -- unavailable online

Family book volume 6 A1 (1778-1853) Family book volume 6 A2-3 (1853-1907) Family book index 6A (1800-) Certificates of non-citizen residents (1835-1875) Jahrzeitbuch Gemeindegeschichte (1214-1798)

Catholic
Baptisms (1620-1825), confirmations (1646-1820), marriages (1620-1824), and burials (1620-1825) Baptisms (1826-1841), confirmations (1836-1856), marriages (1826-1838), and burials (1826-1841) Baptisms (1842-1901), marriages (1843-1896), and burials (1842-1901) Taufen (1842-1929) -- unavailable online Marriages (1843-1955) and burials (1843-1973) -- unavailable online

Jahrzeitbuch (1730-1894)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Sankt Peterzell families:

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sankt Peterzell prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen