Altstätten Parish, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Genealogy

Switzerland

Sankt Gallen

Altstätten Parish

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

Collections

Church Records

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

Evangelical Reformed

Baptisms (1588-1662, 1662-1669) and marriages (1621-1653)
Baptisms (1670-1713), confirmations (1690-1713), marriages (1690-1713), and burials (1690-1713)
Baptisms (1714-1740), marriages (1714-1740, and burials (1714-1740)
Baptisms (1740-1771, 1741-1758), marriages (1741-1771), and burials (1741-1771)
Baptisms (1772-1805), marriages (1772-1805), and burials (1772-1805)
Confirmations (1804-1855)
Baptisms (1806-1839), confirmations (1806-1837), marriages (1806-1839), and burials (1806-1839)
Baptisms (1840-1887) and confirmations (1840-1894)
Marriages (1840-1894), burials (1840-1894)
Family book, volume 1 (1779-1850)
Family book, volume 2 (1779-1889)
Family book, volume 3 (1840-1906)
Family book (volume 4) (1840-1911)
Family book, volume 5 (1877-1908)
Family book: index of illegitimate children (1800-1907)
Family book, register of non-citizen residents (1840-1925) -- unavailable online

Catholic

Baptisms (1630-1655)
Baptisms (1656-1753), confirmations (1688-1746), and marriages (1656-1753)
Burials (1657-1753)
Baptisms (1754-1776), confirmations (1755-1766), marriages (1754-1776), and burials (1754-1776)
Index baptisms (1754-)
Baptisms (1778-1789), marriages (1778-1789), and burials (1778-1789)
Baptisms (1808-1841) and confirmations (1819-1864)
Marriages (1808-1841)
Burials (1808-1841)
Baptisms (1842-1870)
Marriages (1842-1876)
Burials (1842-1870)
Baptisms (1871-1898)
Burials (1871-1932)
Marriages (1877-1942) -- unavailable online
Baptisms (1898-1932) -- unavailable online
Family book, volume l (1759-1810)
Family book, volume 2 (1791-1897)
Family book, volume 3 (1817-1854)
Family book, volume 4 (1776-1870)
Family book, volume 1 (1804-1898)
Land records (1490-1538)

Census Records

(see here for article describing the Zürich census records)

The following censuses are available for Altstätten:

Census Year	FHL Film number	Item number	Beginning page
1634	1185140	2	783
1637	1185142	2	625
1640	1185144	1	843
1643	1185147	1	827
1646	1185148	2	981
1649	1185150	1	541
1671	1185155	2	751
1678	1185157	2	609
1682	1185161	2	35
1689	1185166	1	593
1694	1185166	1	545
1710	1185172	2	343
1752	1185178	2	1245

Genealogies

(see here for article describing Swiss compiled genealogies)

The following genealogies have been researched for Altstätten families:

Surnames

The following surnames held citizenship in Altstätten prior to 1875:

Related Sources

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

Societies and Libraries

Cantonal Archive of Sankt Gallen

References

Register of Swiss Surnames

Historical Gazetteer of Switzerland