Wil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Wil 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 online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Wil:

Evangelical Reformed
For Protestants, Wil was part of the parish of Sirnach until 1890.

Baptisms (1890-1915), confirmations (1891-1960), marriages (1890-1955), and burials (1890-1941) -- unavailable online

Catholic
Baptisms (1573-1616) Baptisms (1617-1639) Baptisms (1640-1699) Baptisms (1699-1747) and burials (1699-1747) Baptisms (1747-1807) and burials (1747-1796) Baptisms (1808-1832) and burials (1797-1833) Baptisms (1833-1857) Baptisms (1858-1895) Baptisms (1896-1951) -- unavailable online

Marriages (1659-1680) and burials (1617-1680) Marriages (1659-1699) Marriages (1699-1833) Marriages (1833-1869) Marriages (1870-1940) -- unavailable online

Burials (1681-1700) Burials (1833-1860) Burials (1861-1917)

Family book A: Bronschöfen and Wylen (1803-1849) Family book: Bronschöfen, Rossreuti, and Wylen (1835-1862) Family book C: Bronschöfen, Rossreuti, and Wylen (1854-1863) Family book 1: City (1845-1894) Family book 2: City (1856-1869) Family book 3: City (1857-1872)

Residents (1865-)

Hauszedel (1694-) Jahrzeitbuch (1397-) Urbarium (1574-) Urbarium (1687-)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Wil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen