Casaccia Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Casaccia 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
Casaccia is a village located in the Val Bregaglia, an alpine valley of Switzerland and Italy at the base of which runs the river Merain, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It lies at an altitude of 1,458 metres above sea level, at the southern foot of Piz Lunghin. Casaccia is a former political municipality. From 1971, it was a fraction of Vicosoprano, but since 2010, it has been part of the municipality of Bregaglia.

History
In 1160, Casaccia was first mentioned by the name of Case. In 1745, Casaccia became an autonomous municipality, the smallest in Bergell. The village of Casaccia is in the Graubünden canton.

The population history of Casaccia is: 1850 - 96 inhabitants 1880 - 70 inhabitants 1900 - 77 inhabitants 1910 - 96 inhabitants 1950 - 88 inhabitants 1970 - 59 inhabitants

The pilgrimage church of S. Gaudenzio, a little above Casaccia, is mentioned around 840 as belonging to the Pfäfers Abbey (destroyed in 1551). Spiritually, the residents originally belonged to S. Maria auf Porta. After the 1551 introduction of the Reformation, Casaccia became an independent parish in 1556. The church built after 1522 was destroyed by a rockfall in 1740 and was replaced in 1742 by today's church.

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 family history center near you.

Reformed
Casaccia is an ancient parish, becoming Reformed in 1551. Church records begin in 1676. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1676-1747
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1747-1833
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1834-1875
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1838-1889

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

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