Buseno Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Buseno / Busen 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.



Geography
The municipality of Buseno is in the Moesa Region and in the Graubünden canton. Until 2017, the municipality was situated in the Calanca sub-district of the Moesa district, after 2017 it was part of the Moesa Region. The village of Buseno is positioned on a terrasse on the right bank of the Calancasca. Beneath Buseno, there is the village section of Molina and above are the alpine settlements of San Carlo (Maiensäss) and Giova. Giova originally was part of the municipality of San Vittore and joined Buseno in 1899. Buseno (as of 2006) had an area of 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 5.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 82.2% - forested
 * 1.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 10.3% - unproductive land

History
Until 1943, Buseno was mentioned by the name of bosom. The Buseno municipality is in the Graubünden canton. Buseno became an autonomous municipality in 1851 when it separated from the former municipality of Calanca.

The population history of Buseno is: 1611 - 575 inhabitants 1803 - 344 inhabitants 1850 - 248 inhabitants 1900 - 198 inhabitants 1950 - 241 inhabitants 1990 - 97 inhabitants 2000 - 110 inhabitants 2020 - 91 inhabitants

In 1483, the parish church of SS. Pietro e Antonio was dedicated. In 1776, it was enlarged and in 1990 refurbished. The modern church of Nostra Signora di Fatima in Giova was created in 1984-88.

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
Buseno has been a parish since Medieval times. Church records begin in 1665. The following volumes are only available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives:
 * Baptisms 1665-1696
 * Baptisms 1709-1726
 * Baptisms 1788-1837
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1838-1875
 * Family register 1665-1696
 * Family register 1860

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Buseno:
 * 1835
 * 1838
 * 1848
 * 1850
 * 1850, form C

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1876.

Duplicate civil registration registers are located at the Graubünden State Archives. The following records are available:
 * Both A and B registers are available through 1916-1917 and are open without restriction.
 * Family registers are available from at latest 1860 through 1910; these records are viewable but require permission to access. For more information, contact the State Archive.

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

Related sources
The town's website (in Italian) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Graubünden

Societies
Rätische Vereinigung für Familienforschung (RVFF)

Società Genealogica della Svizzera italiana (SGSI)