Mitlödi Parish, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mitlödi Parish, Glarus, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
Mitlödi is located on a pre-historic rock slide in the valley of the Linth river. Its elevation is 504 m (1,654 ft). The town of Glarus is to the north (downstream). The village of Schwanden is to the south (upstream).

Mitlödi has an area of 6.2 km² (2.4 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 56.1% - forested
 * 32.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 7.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 4.5% - non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

History
The first mention of Mitlödi was in 1320 using the name of Mitlodi. Mitlödi became part of the Glarus Süd municipality on 1 January 2011. Other localities merged include:
 * Betschwanden
 * Braunwald
 * Elm
 * Engi
 * Haslen (GL)
 * Linthal
 * Luchsingen
 * Matt
 * Rüti (GL)
 * Schwanden (GL)
 * Schwändi
 * Sool

The population history of Mitlödi is: 1777 - 183 men 1850 - 649 inhabitants 1900 - 736 inhabitants 1950 - 821 inhabitants 2000 - 1,30 inhabitants 2010 - 1,000 inhabitants

The Swiss Northeastern Railway line from Weesen to Linthal opened in 1879 and connected Mitlödi to the railway network.

Dues were paid to Säckingen Abbey until 1395. From 1349, the village of Mitlödi depended on Glaris for spiritual needs. Since 1528, the people had moved to the Reformation. The Catholics were attached to the Glarus parish until 1895 and then moved to Schwanden.

Church Records
Baptism, marriage, and burial records for the parish of Mitlödi began in 1725. Before 1725, Mitlödi belonged to the parish of Glarus. Information from the church records was extracted by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller and organized into families. The Glarus Family Tree has made much of this data available online.

Original church records for Canton Glarus are only accessible at the Glarus State Archives.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1849. Mitlödi belongs to the Glarus civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandskreis Glarus Postgasse 29 8750 Glarus Tel: +41 55 646 69 50 email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@gl.ch zivilstandsamt@gl.ch]

Genealogies
(Click here for an article describing Swiss compiled genealogies.)

The Glarus Family Tree is a project which shows the family links between about 200 original families from Glarus. The source of most of this information is the 30-year, 36-volume genealogical masterpiece by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller. The tree has more than 270,000 individuals can be found online at Geneal-Tree, MyHeritage, Geneanet, and Ancestry.

Related sources
In 2011, Canton Glarus was reorganized into three municipalities. Mitlödi is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus