Felsberg Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Felsberg / Favugn 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
Felsberg is a municipality in the Imboden Region in the canton of Graubünden. Before 2017, the municipality was situated in the Trin sub-district of the Imboden district. It is in a small valley north of the Rhine and between Chur and Domat/Ems. Felsberg (as of 2006) had an area of 13.4 km2 (5.2 sq mi). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 20.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 43.6% - forested
 * 4.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 31.9% - unproductive land

History
In 840, Felsberg was first mentioned by the name of in villa Fagonio. It was also mentioned in 1290 in German as veltsperch. The Felsberg municipality is in the Graubünden canton.

The population history of Felsberg is: 1850 - 482 inhabitants 1900 - 647 inhabitants 1950 - 939 inhabitants 1980 - 1,369 inhabitants 1990 - 1,772 inhabitants 2000 - 2,029 inhabitants 2020 - 2,640 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 26.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 64.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.54% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.54% were another Christian church
 * 2.81% were Islamic

The church is recorded in 1305 and the patron saint of Thomas in 1481; until 1526 Says belonged to the parish. Multiple landslides between 1832 and 1850 forced a large part of the village to be relocated eastwards out of the danger zone.

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
The parish of Felsberg became Reformed in 1535, but was associated with Tamins between 1570-1622. Church records begin in 1711. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:


 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1711-1738
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1738-1748
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1765-1829
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1823-1875
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1875

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Felsberg:
 * 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 Felsberg 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)