Thal Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Guide to Thal 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 Thal:

Evangelical Reformed
Niederlassungsregister (1846 (ca.)-1907 (ca.))< br> Haushaltungsrodel mit Familieneinträgen & Verzeichnis des Pfarrarchives (1814 (ca.)-1875 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.1 (1-520) (1773 (ca.)-1841 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.2 (521-1040) (1778 (ca.)-1873 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.3 (1873 (ca.)-1942 (ca.))

Catholic
Ehebuch (1830 (ca.)-1893 (ca.)) Ehebuch (1893 (ca.)-1972 (ca.)) Familienbuch Bd.9 & Niedergelassene (1819 (ca.)-1881 (ca.)) Tauf-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1887 (ca.)-1898 (ca.)) Tauf-, Firm-, Ehe- und Totenbuch (1639 (ca.)-1829 (ca.)) Tauf- und Firmbuch (1830 (ca.)-1892 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1893 (ca.)-1972 (ca.)) Taufbuch (1587 (ca.)-1643 (ca.)) Totenbuch (1830 (ca.)-1892 (ca.)) Totenbuch (1893 (ca.)-1972 (ca.))

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

The following censuses are available for Thal:

Genealogies
(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Thal families:

Lutz family, by Julius Billeter (FHL Film 127,973; see also FHL Film 193,478)

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen