Teufen Parish, Appenzell, Switzerland Genealogy

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Geography
Teufen is part of the Appenzell Mittelland district. Teufen has an area of 15,3 square kilometers (5.9 square miles). The are is used thusly:

55.4% agriculture 29.8% forest 14% settlement .8% non-productive

History
Teufen (Tiuffen), from 'in the deep', was first mentioned in 1272. By 1300 the area had five farms. In 1525, during the protestant reformation in Switzerland, the parish decided to become protestant.

Locations within Teufen
Bach Battenhaus Blatten Bleiche Bubenrüti/Bubenrüthy Buchen/Buche Buchschoren Buchschwendi Bühl Bündt/Pündt Dieterschwendi Ebnat Egg Eggli Elm Engenrüthy Farnbüel Feld Gählern/Gäleren Geren Gfell Gmünden Goldi Grem Grund Gstalden Haag/Hag Hagerschwendei Hätschen Haupteten Hinterbühl Holz Hörli Horst s'Hugeguus Jonenwatt Lortannen Lustmühle Lütiswies/Lüthiswies Mühiltobel Neubrücke Niederteufen Nord Oberfeld Oberteufen Obertobel Rain Rüti/Rüthy Rüti bei Niederteufen Rütiberg Sammelbühl Sanenbühl Scheibe Schlatt Schlatterlehn Schleife-Elm Schönenbühl/Schönerbüel Schützenberg Schwantlen Schwendi Somerhütten Sonder bei Teufen Sonnenbühel Spiesenrüthy Stäheli Stalden Stein Steinegg Steinweichseln Sternen bei Teufen Stocken Stoss Stosswald Tobel Unter Wellenrüti Vorderhaus Weiler Tobel Weirden Weitersbühl Wellenrüti/Wellenrüthy Wies Wonnenstein Zelg Zugenhaus

Surrounding Parishes
Bühler Sankt Gallen (Sankt Gallen) Schlatt-Haslen (Appenzell-Innerrhoden) Speicher Stein

Church Records
The protestant parish of Teufen was established as its own parish in 1479. Records available at the Family History Library include baptisms (Taufen) 1597-1875, marriages (Heiraten) 1634-1875, and deaths (Tote) 1653-1875.

Some Catholic records exist for Teufen; these holdings include baptisms (Taufen), marriages (Heiraten), and deaths (Tote) for 1853-1875.

A family register (Familienbuch) for Teufen was compiled in 1830 and available at the Cantonal Archive in Herisau, Switzerland. This book contains individuals from the 1700s.

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Teufen families:

Frehner family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,007; see also FHL Film 193,471) Grubenmann family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 193,473) Hörler family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 193,474) Iller family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 193,475) Künzler family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 1,183,714)Lutz family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 127,973; see also FHL Film 193,478)Müller family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,042 and 128,043) Näf/Naef/Neff family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,035; see also FHL Film 193,480) Niederer family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 127,965; see also FHL Film 193,480) Rutz family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 193,482) Schoch family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 127,986; see also FHL Film 193,483) Schoch family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,009; see also FHL Film 193,483) Signer family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 193,484) Tobler family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Films 193,485 and 193,486) Zellweger family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,008; see also FHL Film 193,488) Zuberbühler family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,036)

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Teufen belongs to the Mittelland Appenzell civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandsamt Mittelland A.Rh. Postfach 144 CH - 9055 Bühler AR

Tel: +41 71 791 70 91

email: [mailto:za@buehler.ar.ch za@buehler.ar.ch]

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

Alpiger Altherr Anderauer (extinct) Bischofberger Biser Bodenmann Bodmer Bondt Brägger Bruderer Buff Enz (extinct) Eugster Fässler (extinct) Früh Gähler Gehrer Gmünder Graf (extinct) Grubenmann Gschwend Haas (extinct) Hänz Hauser Hochreutener Hofstetter (extinct) Höhener Hohl Holderegger (extinct) Hörler Huber Iller Keller (extinct) Klarer Knechtle Knöpfel (extinct) Koller Krüsi (extinct) Küng Kürsteiner Loppacher (Laubbacher) Müller Nabulon (extinct) Nagel (extinct) Nägeli (extinct) Oertle/Oertli Pressler (extinct) Räth (extinct) Reifler (extinct) Rohner Roth Ruppeiner Rutz Schefer Scherrer (extinct) Schildknecht Schitli (extinct) Schoch (extinct) Signer Spiess Stark Staub (extinct) Stuhner (extinct) Sturzenegger Sutter (extinct) Tanner Thäler (extinct) Tobler Waldburger Walser Weishaupt Weiss Widmer (extinct) Wieser Zellweger Zürcher

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

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