Altstätten Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Altstätten 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 from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Altstätten:

Evangelical Reformed
Baptisms (1588-1662, 1662-1669) and marriages (1621-1653) Baptisms (1670-1713), confirmations (1690-1713), marriages (1690-1713), and burials (1690-1713) Baptisms (1714-1740), marriages (1714-1740, and burials (1714-1740) Baptisms (1740-1771, 1741-1758), marriages (1741-1771), and burials (1741-1771) Baptisms (1772-1805), marriages (1772-1805), and burials (1772-1805) Confirmations (1804-1855) Baptisms (1806-1836), confirmations (1806-1837), marriages (1806-1836), and burials (1806-1836) Baptisms (1840-1887) and confirmations (1840-1894) Marriages (1840-1894), burials (1840-1894) Family book, volume 1 (1779-1850) Family book, volume 2 (1779-1889) Family book, volume 3 (1840-1906) Family book (volume 4) (1840-1911) Family book, volume 5 (1877-1908) Family book: index of illegitimate children (1800-1907) Family book, register of non-citizen residents (1840-1925) -- unavailable online

Catholic
Baptisms (1630-1655) Baptisms (1656-1753), confirmations (1688-1746), and marriages (1656-1753) Burials (1657-1753) Baptisms (1754-1776), confirmations (1755-1766), marriages (1754-1776), and burials (1754-1776) Index baptisms (1754-) Baptisms (1778-1789), marriages (1778-1789), and burials (1778-1789) Baptisms (1808-1841) and confirmations (1819-1864) Marriages (1808-1841) Burials (1808-1841) Baptisms (1842-1870) Marriages (1842-1876) Burials (1842-1870) Baptisms (1871-1898) Burials (1871-1932) Marriages (1877-1942) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1898-1932) -- unavailable online Family book, volume l (1759-1810) Family book, volume 2 (1791-1897) Family book, volume 3 (1817-1854) Family book, volume 4 (1776-1870) Family book, volume 1 (1804-1898) Land records (1490-1538)

Census Records
(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Altstätten:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Altstätten families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen