Danis-Tavanasa Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Danis-Tavanasa Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.

History
Danis-Tavanasa is part of the municipality of Breil/Brigels.

Church Records
Original church records are held in the local municipal archive or civil registration office. Microfilm copies are available at the Graubünden State Archives.

Catholic
The parish of Danis-Tavanasa became independent in 1650 from the parish of Breil/Brigels. Church records begin in 1694. See Breil/Brigels for earlier records. The following volumes are only available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1694-1787; marriages 1712-1787; burials 1711-1787; confirmations 1730-1804
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1788-1837; confirmations 1804-1837
 * Baptisms 1838-1877; marriages, burials 1838-1875; confirmations 1844-1875

Census
(See here for information regarding Graubünden census records.)

Danis-Tavanasa is part of the municipality of Breil/Brigels. See Breil/Brigels for more information.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876. Danis-Tavanasa is part of the municipality of Breil/Brigels. See Breil/Brigels for more information.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Danis-Tavanasa prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in Romansh and German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Graubünden

Societies
Rätische Vereinigung für Familienforschung (RVFF)

Società Genealogica della Svizzera italiana (SGSI)