Herisau Parish, Appenzell, Switzerland Genealogy

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Locations within Herisau
Aederschwil Brugg Burg Egg Ergeten Glattmühle Heinrichsbad Herisau Hohberg Hölzle Hub Kalkofen Langelen Moos Ramsen Rechberg Saum Schachen Schochenberg Schwänberg Sturzenegg Wald Weggenwil Wiesen Wolfenswil

Surrounding Parishes
Degersheim (St. Gallen) Flawil (St. Gallen) Gossau (St. Gallen) Hundwil St. Gallen (St. Gallen) Schwellbrunn Stein Waldstatt

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Herisau families:

Meier family, by Gubler Heinrich Rotach (FHL Film 1,181,508) Preisig family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,080) Schiess family, by Gubler Heinrich Rotach (FHL Film 1,181,508) Zeller family, by Julius Billeter and Rosa Holzer (FHL Film 128,105)

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

Alder Ammann Auer Baumann Beckh (1838 from Germany) Berweger Binder Biser Blommers (1846) Bodenmann Bondt Brugger Diem Egger Eisenhut Enz Enzmann Etter Eugster Fisch Fitze (1847 from Hundwil) Frehner Freitag (1621) Freund (1858 from Altstätten SG) Frischknecht Gähler Gartenhauser Gmünder Grob Höhener Hug Hugener Jäger Keller Kern Knellwolf Knöpfel Koller Krüsi Kündig Lämmler Lienhard Lobeck (1859 from Germany) Lutz Meier/Meyer Merz Mettler Mittelholzer Mock Müller Nänni Nef Niederer Oberteufer Pfändler Preisig Ramsauer Reifler Rohner Rotach Rutz Schaefer Schedler Schefer Schiess Schläpfer Schlatter Schlumpf Schoch Signer Stark Steiger Streuli Stricker Stuhner Sturzenegger Suhner Tanner Thörig Tribelhorn Walser Weiler Weiss Wetter Willi Würzer Zeller Zellweger Zuberbühler Zölper Zülli Zürcher Züst

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Appenzell-Ausserrhoden (in German)