Cunter Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cunter / Conters im Oberhalbstein 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 of Cunter (German: Conters im Oberhalbstein) is in the Surses sub-district of the Albula district and the Graubünden canton. It is located between Tiefencastel and Savognin on the road to Julier Pass. The Cunter municipality includes the village of Cunter and the Burvagn, Promastgel and Muntschect hamlets.

Cunter (as of 2006) has an area of 7.1 km² (2.7 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 32.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 49.9% - forested
 * 2.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 15.2% - non-productive

History
In 1370, Cunter was first mentioned by the name of Contra. Until 1943, Cunter was known as Conters im Oberhalbstein. Cunter (German: Conters im Oberhalbstein) is in the Albula district and the Graubünden canton.

Cunter merged into the Surses municipality on 1 January 2016. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Bivio
 * Marmorera
 * Mulegns
 * Riom-Parsonz
 * Salouf
 * Savognin
 * Sur
 * Tinizong-Rona

The population history of Cunter is: 1850 - 182 inhabitants 1900 - 152 inhabitants 1950 - 152 inhabitants 1970 - 116 inhabitants 2000 - 198 inhabitants 2010 - 240 inhabitants 2014 - 256 inhabitants

In 1392, the local church was first mentioned. In 1677, it was dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo. Until 1725, Cunter was spiritually dependent on Riom.

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

Catholic
The parish of Cunter was created in 1725 from the parish of Riom. Church records begin in 1725. See Riom for earlier records. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:


 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1725-1854 (duplicate filming here)
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1838-1875 (duplicate filming here)

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

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