Wil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Wil 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 Wil:

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Wil was established in 1890. Before 1890, parishioners belonged to the parish of Sirnach in Canton Thurgau.

Baptisms (1890-1915), confirmations (1891-1960), marriages (1890-1955), and burials (1890-1941) -- unavailable online

Catholic
Baptisms (1573-1616) Baptisms (1617-1639) Baptisms (1640-1699) Baptisms (1699-1747) and burials (1699-1747) Baptisms (1747-1807) and burials (1747-1796) Baptisms (1808-1832) and burials (1797-1833) Baptisms (1833-1857) Baptisms (1858-1895) Baptisms (1896-1951) -- unavailable online

Marriages (1659-1680) and burials (1617-1680) Marriages (1659-1699) Marriages (1699-1833) Marriages (1833-1869) Marriages (1870-1940) -- unavailable online

Burials (1681-1700) Burials (1833-1860) Burials (1861-1917)

Family book A: Bronschöfen and Wylen (1803-1849) Family book: Bronschöfen, Rossreuti, and Wylen (1835-1862) Family book C: Bronschöfen, Rossreuti, and Wylen (1854-1863) Family book 1: City (1845-1894) Family book 2: City (1856-1869) Family book 3: City (1857-1872)

Residents (1865-)

Hauszedel (1694-) Jahrzeitbuch (1397-) Urbarium (1574-) Urbarium (1687-)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen