Sankt Gallen Canton, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to St. Gallen canton ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
In 1526 the Protestant Reformation was introduced into St. Gallen. The town converted to the new religion while the abbey remained Roman Catholic. While riots forced the monks to flee the city and remove images from the city's churches, the fortified abbey of St Gall remained untouched and the abbey would remain a Catholic stronghold in the Protestant city until 1803. The Helvetic Republic was widely unpopular in Switzerland and was overthrown in 1803. Following the Act of Mediation the city of St. Gallen became the capital of the Protestant Canton of St. Gallen. At the beginning of the 19th century, the first embroidery machines were developed in St. Gallen. In 1910 the embroidery production constituted the largest export branch in Switzerland and more than half of the worldwide production of embroidery originated in St. Gallen. However, World War I and the Great Depression caused another severe crisis for St. Gallen embroidery. St. Gallen is a German speaking canton. 

Jurisdictions
Abtwil Alt Sankt Johann Altenrhein Altstätten Amden Andwil Au Azmoos Bad Ragaz Balgach Benken Berg Berneck Bernhardzell Berschis Bichwil Bollingen Bruggen Brunnadern Buchs Bütschwil Busskirch Degersheim Diepoldsau Ebnat Eggersriet Eichberg Engelburg Ennetbühl Ernetschwil Eschenbach Flawil Flums Gähwil Gams Ganterschwil Goldach Goldingen Gommiswald Gossau Grabs Grub Häggenschwil Hemberg Henau Jona Jonschwil Kaltbrunn Kappel Kirchberg Kobelwald Kriessern Krinau Krummenau Lenggenwil Libingen Lichtensteig Lütisburg Magdenau Marbach Maseltrangen Mels Mörschwil Mogelsberg Mols Montlingen Mosnang Mühlrüti Muolen Murg Nesslau Niederbüren Niederglatt Niederhelfenschwil Niederuzwil Niederwil Oberbüren Oberhelfenschwil Oberriet Oberuzwil Pfäfers Quarten Rapperswil Rebstein Rheineck Ricken Rieden Rorschach Rüthi Salez Sankt Gallen Sankt Gallenkappel Sankt Margrethen Sankt Peterzell Sargans Sax Schänis Schmerikon Schmitter Sennwald Sevelen Stein Steinach Thal Tübach Untereggen Uznach Vättis Valens Vilters Walde Waldkirch Walenstadt Wangs Wartau Wattwil Weesen Weisstannen Widnau Wil Wildhaus Wittenbach Züberwangen Zuzwil