Wiesen Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wiesen / Tain 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 Wiesen (Romansh: Tain) is in the Bergün sub-district of the Albula district and the Graubünden canton. It is located on the right bank of the Landwasser river at an elevation of 1450 meters. The village of Wiesen is part of the Davos municipality which includes fractions of Davos-Dorf, Davos-Platz, Davos-Frauenkirch, Davos-Glarus and Davos-Monstein and hamlets of Laret, Wolfgang, Clavadel, Spina, Dischma and Sertig.

History
In 1480, Wiesen was first mentioned by the name of year den Wiesen. Wiesen (Romansh: Tain) is in the Albula district and the Graubünden canton.

Wiesen merged into the Davos municipality on 1 January 2009. After the merge, the Davos municipality was the largest municipality in Switzerland. Today, it is the 4th largest. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Davos

The population history of Wiesen is: 1803 - 188 inhabitants 1850 - 211 inhabitants 1900 - 183 inhabitants 1950 - 240 inhabitants 2000 - 301 inhabitants

In 1447, the chapel of Saint-Nicolas was mentioned. In 1553, Wiesen embraced the Reformation.

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 Wiesen was first established before 1500; it became Reformed in 1553. Church records begin in 1655. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1655-1778
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1741-1836
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1875

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

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