Wittenbach Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Wittenbach 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 Wittenbach:

Catholic
Baptisms (1638-1673) Baptisms (1674-1742) Baptisms (1743-1799) Baptisms (1800-1847) Baptisms (1848-1944) -- unavailable online

Marriages (1674-1765) and burials (1674-1765) Marriages (1766-1829) and burials (1766-1830) Marriages (1831-1847) Marriages (1848-1956) -- unavailable online

Burials (1831-1847) Burials (1848-1972)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wittenbach families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen