Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen Parish, Switzerland ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.



Locations within Sankt Gallen
Sankt Gallen contains the districts of Tablat and Straubenzell.

Tablat
The Reformed parish of Tablat was established in 1907. Before 1907, parishioners belonged to the city parish of St. Gallen.

Straubenzell
There are two Reformed parishes in Straubenzell:
 * The Reformed parish of Bruggen-Winkeln was established in 1903. Before 1903, parishioners belonged to the city parish of St. Gallen.
 * The Reformed parish of Lachen-Vonwil was established in 1914. Before 1914, parishioners belonged to the city parish of St. Gallen.

Church Records
The following church records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Sankt Gallen. Click on a linked collection and then on the yellow "viewer" button to browse the images.

Evangelical Reformed: St. Gallen parish
Baptisms: 1st section, St. Lorenz, St. Mangen (1527-1566) Baptisms: 2nd section (1567-1615) Baptisms: 3rd section (1616-1666) Baptisms: 4th section, St. Lorenz, St. Mangen, St. Leonhard (1667-1711) Baptisms: 1st section (1527-1566) Baptisms: 2nd section (1567-1615) Baptisms: 3rd section (1616-1683) Baptisms: 4th section (1684-1756) Baptisms: 5th section (1757-1840) Baptisms: 2nd section (1570-1671) Baptism extracts: organized by family A-L (1635-1798) Baptisms (1620-1798) Baptisms (1667-1702) Baptisms (1703-1739) Baptisms: organized by family (1740-1780) Baptisms: index, citizens W-Z and residents (1740-1828) Baptisms: new citizens (1767-1849) Baptisms: index, citizens and residents (1801-1819) Baptisms: index, citizens, A-R (1801-1869) Baptisms: index, citizens, S-Z (1801-1869)

Baptisms: citizens (1829-1834) Baptisms (1841-1859) Baptisms (1900-1906) Baptisms (1906-1913) Baptisms (1913-1926) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1927-1931) -- unavailable online Baptisms: General register (1843-1861) Baptisms: General register (1860-1874) Baptisms: General register (1874-1896) Baptisms: General register (1896-1907)

Confirmations (1696-1759) Confirmations (1759-1840) Confirmations (1841-1877) Confirmations: general register (1878-1889) Confirmations (1885-1907) Confirmations (1891-1932) -- '''unavailable online---

Marriages: (1528-1862) Marriages: (1528-1768) Marriages (1769-1840) Marriages (1841-1884) Marriages: General register (1841-1873) Marriages: General register (1873-1901) Marriages (1901-1933) -- unavailable online

Burials: General register (1841-1873) Burials: General register (1874-1900) Deaths: Children (1844-1876) Deaths: Adults (1844-1876)

Burials: part 1 (1576-1639) Burials: (1715-1800)

Burials: vol. 1 (1905-1907) Burials: vol. 2 (1907-1924) Burials: vol. 3 (1924-1932) -- unavailable online

Evangelical Reformed: Linsebühl parish
The Linsebühl parish was established in 1800 from the parish of St. Laurenzen-St. Mangen for baptisms only; marriages were kept in the city parish of St. Laurenzen-St. Mangen until 1834.

Baptisms (1800-1814) Baptisms (1815-1842)

Baptisms (1834-1861) Baptisms (1862-1883) Baptisms (1883-1903)

Confirmations (1834-1882)

Marriages (1834-1873) Marriages (1874-1906)

Burials (1834-1863) Burials (1864-1907)

Evangelical Reformed: St. Laurenzen and St. Mangen parish
Baptisms (1841-1874) Baptisms (1875-1918) Baptisms: St. Mangen (1888-1899) Confirmations: St. Leonhard (1835-1891) Marriages: St. Lorenz (1698-1779) Burials: St. Lorenz (1698-1779)

Burials: vol. 1 (1576-1642) Burials: vol. 2 (1643-1677) Burials: vol. 3 (1678-1735) Burials: vol. 4 (1736-1792) Burials: vol. 5 (1793-1840) Burials: vol. 6 (1841-1890)

Evangelical Reformed: St. Leonhard parish
St. Leonhard parish was established in 1834 from the original city parish of St. Laurenzen-St. Mangen.

Baptisms (1834-1870) Baptisms (1871-1900) Marriages (1834-1886) Marriages (1887-1932) -- unavailable online Burials (1834-1864) Burials (1865-1932)

Catholic: Bruggen parish
Baptisms (1774-1859) Baptisms (1842-1896) Baptisms (1897-1960) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1865-1886), marriages (1886), and deaths (1865-1886) Marriage (1639-1817) and burials (1637-1817) Marriages (1818-1841) Marriages (1842-1896) Marriages (1898-1956) -- unavailable online Burials (1818-1841) Burials (1842-1873) Burials (1874-1942)

Jahrzeitbuch (1696)

Catholic: Cathedral parish
Baptisms (1589-1609) Baptisms (1609-1627) Baptisms (1632-1673) Baptisms (1673-1696) Baptisms (1697-1744) Baptisms (1745-1787) Baptisms (1788-1829) Baptisms (1830-1855) Baptisms (1856-1869) Baptisms (1870-1878) Baptisms (1879-1884) Baptisms (1885-1891) Baptisms (1892-1903)

Marriages (1632-1756) Marriages (1757-1796) Marriages (1797-1829) Marriages (1830-1869) Marriages (1870-1892) Marriages (1892-1906)

Burials (1876-1898)

Catholic: St. Georgen parish
Family book (1753-1810) Family book, volume 1 (1753-1812) Family book, volume 2 (1753-1812) Family book (1767-1828) Family book (1789-1837) Family book (1792-1854) Family book (1801-1857) Family book (1810-1861) Family book (1800-1866) Burials (1671-1692) Burials (1746-1844) Burials (1844-1959) Burials (1876-1895)

Catholic: Tablat-St. Fiden parish
Burials (1638-1755) Burials (1756-1794) Burials (1795-1841) Burials (1842-1859) Burials (1860-1874) Burials (1874-1901)

Burials (1795-1809)

Urbar (1733) Urbarder Freischule zu St.Fiden (1781) Verzeichnis der Pfrund Einkommen (1746) Schülerverzeichnis (1821-1831) Jahrzeitenbuch (1669) Jahrzeitenbuch der Kirche St.Fiden (1781)

City Records
Birth and baptism register (1849-1865) Birth and baptism register (1866-1899) Birth and baptism register (1900-1926) -- unavailable online Birth and baptism register (1927-1954) -- unavailable online Birth and baptism register (1954-1969) -- unavailable online

Marriage register (1853-1865) Marriage register (1866-1893) Marriage register (1894-1909) Marriage register (1909-1925) -- unavailable online Marriage register (1925-1939) -- unavailable online Marriage register (1939-1952) -- unavailable online Marriage register (1952-1969) -- unavailable online Marriage register between citizens and non-citizens (1859-1875)

Death register (1850-1865) Death register (1866-1901) Death register (1902-1926) Death register (1927-1950) Death register (1950-1969)

Yearbook (1400-1519)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Sankt Gallen families:

Niederer family, by Julius Billeter (FS Library Film 127,965; see also FS Library Film 193,480)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sankt Gallen prior to 1875:

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen