Leggia, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Leggia, 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 of Leggia is in the district of Moesa in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the right bank of the Moesa river.

Leggia (as of 2006) has an area of 9.2 km² (3.6 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 8.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 63.9% - forested
 * 2.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 24.7% - non-productive

History
In 1295, Leggia was first mentioned by the name of de Legia.

Leggia merged into the Grono municipality on 1 January 2017. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Grono
 * Verdabbio

The population history of Leggia is: 1826 - 72 inhabitants 1850 - 103 inhabitants 1900 - 123 inhabitants 1950 - 138 inhabitants 2000 - 127 inhabitants 2015 - 138 inhabitants

After being destroyed by a flood, the parish church of SS. Bernardo and Antonio Abate was rebuilt in 1513 and remodeled in 1610 and 1685. The church was refurbished between 1972 and 1975. Above the village is the Chapel of S. Remigio built in 1219.

Church Records
Leggia is part of the parish of Cama. See Cama for more information.

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

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