Flond Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Flond 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 former municipality and village of Flond is in the municipality of Mundaun in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The village is situated in the Ilanz sub-district of the Surselva district. It is located on the Obersaxen high plateau south of the Vorderrhein river.

Flond (as of 2006) has an area of 2.1 km² (0.81 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 40.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 51.7% - forested
 * 7.7% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1519, Flond was first mentioned by the name of Flant or Flond.

Flond merged into the Mundaun municipality on 1 January 2009. Mundaun merged into Obersaxen Mundaun in 2016. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Surcuolm

The population history of Flond is: 1850 - 196 inhabitants 1900 - 193 inhabitants 1940 - 179 inhabitants 1950 - 162 inhabitants 1990 - 144 inhabitants 2000 - 179 inhabitants 2008 - 201 inhabitants

In 1526, Flond adopted the Reformation with Ilanz. Flond built a church of its own in 1713 and became an independent parish in 1731.

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.

Digital images of church records are available on FamilySearch. These records have a restriction for use only at a FamilySearch center near you.

Reformed
Flond belonged to the parish of Ilanz/Glion until 1731, when it became an independent parish. Church records begin in 1714. Earlier records can be found under Ilanz/Glion. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1714-1836
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1875

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Flond:
 * 1835
 * 1838
 * 1848
 * 1850
 * 1850, form C (enumerated with Strada im Oberland)

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 Flond 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)