Rapperswil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Rapperswil 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 Rapperswil:

Evangelical Reformed
The Reformed parish of Rapperswil-Jona was established in 1838. Before 1838, parishioners belonged to the parishs of Dürnten or Bäretswil in Canton Zürich.

Baptisms (1868-1929) -- unavailable online Marriages (1873-1931) -- unavailable online Burials (1870-1942)

Family book, volume 1 (1825-1867) Family book, volume 2 (1831-1864) Family book, volume 3 (1834-1904)

Catholic
Baptisms (1583-1612), confirmations (1602-1770), marriages (1583-1612), and burials (1597-1602, 1611-1616) Baptisms (1612-1790) Baptisms (1790-1829), confirmations (1779-1790, 1863-1870), marriages (1790-1829), and burials (1790-1829) Baptisms (1829-1872) Baptisms (1873-1946) -- unavailable online Baptisms index (1584-1829)

Marriages (1602-1750) Marriages (1700-1790) Marriages (1830-1843) Marriages (1830-1938) -- unavailable online Marriages index (1602-1826)

Burials (1629-1790) Burials (1830-1865) Burials (1866-1966) Burials index (1584-1824)

Family book, citizens and residents P71a (1794-1849) Family book, citizens and residents P71B (1801-1859) Family book, citizens and residents P72 (1825-1878) Jahrzeitbuch E16 (1490-)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Rapperswil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen