Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Evangelical Reformed: St. Gallen parish
Baptisms: 1st section, St. Lorenz, St. Mangen (1527-1566) Baptisms: 2nd section (1567-1615) Baptisms: 3rd section (1616-1666) Baptisms: 4th section, St. Lorenz, St. Mangen, St. Leonhard (1667-1711) Baptisms: 1st section (1527-1566) Baptisms: 2nd section (1567-1615) Baptisms: 3rd section (1616-1683) Baptisms: 4th section (1684-1756) Baptisms: 5th section (1757-1840) Baptisms: 2nd section (1570-1671) Baptism extracts: organized by family A-L (1635-1798) Baptisms (1620-1798) Baptisms (1667-1702) Baptisms (1703-1739) Baptisms: organized by family (1740-1780) Baptisms: index, citizens W-Z and residents (1740-1828) Baptisms: new citizens (1767-1849) Baptisms: index, citizens and residents (1801-1819) Baptisms: index, citizens, A-R (1801-1869) Baptisms: index, citizens, S-Z (1801-1869)

Baptisms: citizens (1829-1834) Baptisms (1841-1859) Baptisms (1900-1906) Baptisms (1906-1913) Baptisms (1913-1926) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1927-1931) -- unavailable online Baptisms: General register (1843-1861) Baptisms: General register (1860-1874) Baptisms: General register (1874-1896) Baptisms: General register (1896-1907)

Confirmations (1696-1759) Confirmations (1759-1840) Confirmations (1841-1877) Confirmations: general register (1878-1889) Confirmations (1885-1907) Confirmations (1891-1932) -- '''unavailable online---

Marriages: (1528-1862) Marriages: (1528-1768) Marriages (1769-1840) Marriages (1841-1884) Marriages: General register (1841-1873) Marriages: General register (1873-1901) Marriages (1901-1933) -- unavailable online

Burials: vol. 1 (1576-1642) Burials: vol. 2 (1643-1677) Burials: vol. 3 (1678-1735) Burials: vol. 4 (1736-1792) Burials: vol. 5 (1793-1840) Burials: vol. 6 (1841-1890)

Burials: General register (1841-1873) Burials: General register (1874-1900) Deaths: Children (1844-1876) Deaths: Adults (1844-1876)

Burials: part 1 (1576-1639) Burials: (1715-1800)

Burials: vol. 1 (1905-1907) Burials: vol. 2 (1907-1924) Burials: vol. 3 (1924-1932) -- unavailable online

Evangelical Reformed: Linsebühl parish
The Linsebühl parish was established in 1800 for baptisms only; marriages were kept in the city parish of St. Laurenzen-St. Mangen until 1834.

Baptisms (1800-1814) Baptisms (1815-1842)

Baptisms (1834-1861) Baptisms (1862-1883) Baptisms (1883-1903)

Confirmations (1834-1882)

Marriages (1834-1873) Marriages (1874-1906)

Burials (1834-1863) Burials (1864-1907)

Evangelical Reformed: St. Laurenzen and St. Mangen parish
Baptisms (1841-1874) Baptisms (1875-1918) -- unavailable online Baptisms: St. Mangen (1888-1899) Confirmations: St. Leonhard (1835-1891) Marriages: St. Lorenz (1698-1779) Burials: St. Lorenz (1698-1779)

Evangelical Reformed: St. Leonhard parish
Baptisms (1834-1870) Baptisms (1871-1900) Marriages (1834-1886) Marriages (1887-1932) -- unavailable online Burials (1834-1864) Burials (1865-1932)

Catholic: Bruggen parish
Baptisms (1774-1859) Baptisms (1842-1896) Baptisms (1897-1960) -- unavailable online Baptisms (1865-1886), marriages (1886), and deaths (1865-1886) Marriage (1639-1817) and burials (1637-1817) Marriages (1818-1841) Marriages (1842-1896) Marriages (1898-1956) -- unavailable online Burials (1818-1841) Burials (1842-1873) Burials (1874-1942)

Jahrzeitbuch (1696)

Catholic: Cathedral parish
Baptisms (1589-1609) Baptisms (1609-1627) Baptisms (1632-1673) Baptisms (1673-1696) Baptisms (1697-1744) Baptisms (1745-1787) Baptisms (1788-1829) Baptisms (1830-1855) Baptisms (1856-1869) Baptisms (1870-1878) Baptisms (1879-1884) Baptisms (1885-1891) Baptisms (1892-1903)

Marriages (1632-1756) Marriages (1757-1796) Marriages (1797-1829) Marriages (1830-1869) Marriages (1870-1892) Marriages (1892-1906)

Burials (1876-1898)

Catholic: St. Gallenkappel parish
Baptisms (1614-1711), confirmations (1657-1708), marriages (1615-1711), and burials (1615-1711) Baptisms (1711-1829), confirmation (1711-1819), marriages (1713-1829), and burials (1711-1829) Baptisms (1830-1933) -- unavailable online Marriages (1830-1973) -- unavailable online Burials (1830-1940) -- unavailable online

Catholic: St. Georgen parish
Family book (1753-1810) Family book, volume 1 (1753-1812) Family book, volume 2 (1753-1812) Family book (1767-1828) Family book (1789-1837) Family book (1792-1854) Family book (1801-1857) Family book (1810-1861) Family book (1800-1866) Burials (1671-1692) Burials (1746-1844) Burials (1844-1959) Burials (1876-1895)

Catholic: Tablat-St. Fiden parish
Burials (1638-1755) Burials (1756-1794) Burials (1795-1841) Burials (1842-1859) Burials (1860-1874) Burials (1874-1901)

Burials (1795-1809)

Urbar (1733) Urbarder Freischule zu St.Fiden (1781) Verzeichnis der Pfrund Einkommen (1746) Schülerverzeichnis (1821-1831) Jahrzeitenbuch (1669) Jahrzeitenbuch der Kirche St.Fiden (1781)

City Records
Birth and baptism register (1849-1865) Birth and baptism register (1866-1899) Birth and baptism register (1900-1926) -- unavailable online Birth and baptism register (1927-1954) -- unavailable online Birth and baptism register (1954-1969) -- unavailable online

Marriage register (1853-1865) Marriage register (1866-1893) Marriage register (1894-1909) Marriage register (1909-1925) -- unavailable online Marriage register (1925-1939) -- unavailable online Marriage register (1939-1952) -- unavailable online Marriage register (1952-1969) -- unavailable online Marriage register between citizens and non-citizens (1859-1875)

Death register (1850-1865) Death register (1866-1901) Death register (1902-1926) Death register (1927-1950) Death register (1950-1969)

Yearbook (1400-1519)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Sankt Gallen families:

Niederer family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 127,965; see also FHL Film 193,480)

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen