Bütschwil Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

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

Church Records
Protestants living in Bütschwil were divided between four parishes: Oberhelfenschwil, Ganterschwil, Lütisburg, and Krinau.

The following church records are available online from the State Archive of Sankt Gallen for Bütschwil:

Catholic
Baptisms (1656-1765) and confirmations (1700-1687) Baptisms (1765-1834) and confirmations (1777-1836) Baptisms (1834-1851), marriages (1834-1852), and burials (1834-1849) Baptisms (1852-1908)

Marriages (1657-1834) Marriages (1852-1911)

Burials (1654-1752) Burials (1753-1802) Burials (1803-1834) Burials (1850-1905)

Family book (1792-1853) Family book volume 1 (1810-1861) Family book volume 2 (1859-1861)

Jahrzeitbuch (1688)

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Bütschwil families:

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen