Sankt Margrethen Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Sankt Margrethen 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:

Evangelical Reformed
Town history (1800 (ca.)-) Marriages (1808 (ca.)-1857 (ca.)) Family book (1809 (ca.)-1823 (ca.)) Family book (1865 (ca.)-1942 (ca.)) Family book (entries 1-300) (1849 (ca.)-1903 (ca.)) Family book (entries 301-473) (1886 (ca.)-1912 (ca.)) Family register (1760 (ca.)-1882 (ca.)) Confirmations (1808 (ca.)-1907 (ca.)) Baptisms, marriages, burials (1617 (ca.)-1697 (ca.)) Baptisms, marriages, burials (1697 (ca.)-1808 (ca.)) Baptisms, marriages, burials (1854 (ca.)-1897 (ca.)) Baptisms, burials (1808 (ca.)-1858 (ca.))

Catholic
Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials (1733 (ca.)-1872 (ca.)) Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials (1830 (ca.)-1898 (ca.)) Baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials (1898 (ca.)-1939 (ca.)) -- unavailable online

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

The following censuses are available for Sankt Margrethen:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Sankt Margrethen families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen