Gais Parish, Appenzell, Switzerland Genealogy

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Locations within Gais
Anker Ballmoos Buchen Eggli Forren bei Gais Gerstern Hebrig Käsgaden Lanzen Möser Mühlweg Pfand Rietli Rotenwies Rothbach Schachen bei Gais Schwäbrig Steinleuten Stoss Strahlholz Zweibrücken Zwislen

Surrounding Parishes
Altstätten (St. Gallen) Appenzell (Appenzell-Innerrhoden) Bühler Eichberg (St. Gallen) Rüte (Appenzell-Innerrhoden) Schlatt-Haslen (Appenzell-Innerrhoden) Trogen

Church Records
The parish of Gais was established. Records held at the Family History Library include baptisms (Taufen) 1594-1875, and marriages (Heiraten) and deaths (Tote) 1620-1875.

Family books (Familienbuch) are available at the Cantonal Archive in Herisau, Switzerland.

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Gais families:

Frehner family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,007) Kürsteiner family, by John Schiess Müller family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Films 128,042 and 128,043) Näf/Nef family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,035) Preisig family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,084) Schiess family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,044) Schiess family, by John Schiess Schmid family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 599,106) Zellweger family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,008) Zuberbühler family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 128,036)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gais prior to 1875: Auer Biser Bruderer Eisenhut Enz (1873 from Herisau) Fitzi Frehner Gingg Gmünder Grunholzer Haas Heierli Heim Hofstetter Holderegger Höhener Jakob Kern Knechtli Koller Krüsi Küng Kürsteiner Laich (1815) Langenegger Lanker Lindenmann Menet Mösli Nagel Preisig rechsteiner Scheuss Schläpfer Schmid Sonderegger Walser Weishaupt Wetter Wick Widmer Willi Zellweger Zuberbühler Zürcher

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Appenzell-Ausserrhoden (in German): www.ar.ch/departemente/kantonskanzlei/staatsarchiv/