Valens Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Valens is part of the municipality of Pfäfers.

Church Records
The following church records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Valens:

Catholic
Click on a linked collection and then on the yellow "viewer" button to browse the images.

Baptisms (1683-1748), marriages (1683-1748), and burials (1683-1748) Baptisms (1748-1837), confirmations (1753-1827), marriages (1748-1837), and burials (1748-1837) Baptisms (1837-1942) and confirmations (1839-1871) -- unavailable online Marriages (1837-1942) and burials (1837-1942) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1860-1892), marriages (1860-1892), and burials (1860-1892) Confirmations (1871-1970) -- unavailable online

Family book (1844-1921)https://dls.staatsarchiv.sg.ch/records/15200811970

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Valens families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen