Grabs Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Grabs 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 Grabs:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1733-1785), marriages (1733-1800), and burials (1733-1800) Baptisms (1786-1824), confirmations (1801-1824), marriages (1801-1824), and burials (1801-1824) Baptisms (1825-1839), marriages (1825-1839), and burials (1825-1839) Baptisms (1839-1886) Baptisms (1886-1912)

Confirmations (1839-1910) and marriages (1839-1923) -- unavailable online Confirmations (1827-1921) -- unavailable online

Burials (1839-1932)

Family book P2 1.1 (1821-1898) Family book P2 1.2 (1809-1860) Family book P2 1.3 (1860-1880) Family book P2 1.4 (1880-1898) -- unavailable online Family book P2 1.5 (1898-1930) -- unavailable online Family book P2 1.6 (1891-1956) -- unavailable online Family book P2 1.7 (1940-1958) -- unavailable online Family book index volumes 1-7 P2 3.1 (1830-1957) -- unavailable online Family book index P2 2.1 (1821-1902) Family book index P2 2.2 (1851-1910) Family book index P2 2.3 (1860) Family book, non-citizen residents P2 4.1 (available from FamilySearch) Citizen register P2 4.2 (1830) Family book P2 4.3 (1831-1914) Family book P2 4.4 (1800-1868)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Grabs families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen