Leuggelbach, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Leuggelbach, 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
Leuggelbach is located in the Linth River valley on the west bank of the river. Its elevation is 554 m (1,818 ft). The nearby villages are:
 * North - village of Nidfurn
 * South - village of Leuggelbach
 * East - village of Haslen across the river

History
The first mention of Leuggelbach was in 1350 using the name of Löckelbach. Leuggelbach was merged into the municipality of Haslen on 1 July 2006.

The population history of Leuggelbach is: 1837 - 203 inhabitants 1870 - 262 inhabitants 1900 - 199 inhabitants 1950 - 194 inhabitants 2000 - 184 inhabitants 2005 - 171 inhabitants

Until 1772, the village of Leuggelbach received spiritual support from the Schwanden parish.

Church Records
Leuggelbach belonged to the parish of Schwanden. 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. Leuggelbach 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. Leuggelbach is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus