Elm Parish, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Elm Parish, Glarus, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
Elm is located at an elevation of 977 m (3,205 ft) on the left bank of the Sernf river. It is the farthest village upstream in the valley of the Sernf, with Matt's village downstream and north. Elm lies on the road from Schwanden, with the road continuing higher up the valley to various isolated settlements. Elm consists of the village of Elm itself, and the hamlets of: In 2006, Elm had an area of 90.7 km2 (35.0 sq mi), covering a considerable area on each side of the river to the head of the valley. The land is divided as follows:
 * Sulzbach
 * Schwändi
 * Müsli
 * Untertal
 * Vogelsang
 * Töniberg
 * Obmoos
 * Steinibach
 * Wald
 * 34.1% is used for agricultural purposes
 * 18.4% is forested
 * 0.8% is settled (buildings or roads)
 * 46.7% is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

History
Elm was first recorded in 1344 as "Elme". Originally attached to the church of Glarus, Elm came under the new parish of Matt in 1273 and was able to build a subsidiary in 1493. In 1594, it separated from the mother church. Sheep used the mountain pastures from the year one thousand forward. During the 17th century, the summering of oxen intended for export to northern Italy, was prevalent in this region. Shale deposits were used for the manufacturing of slates and slate pencils. Elmo had 516 inhabitants in 1730, 765 in 1789; 1051 in 1850; 913 in 1900; 867 in 1950; 791 in 1990, 761 in 2000, and 626 inhabitants in 2010.

Church Records
Baptism, marriage, and burial records for the parish of Elm began in 1595. Information from the church records was extracted by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller and organized into families. The Glarus Family Tree has made much of this data available online.

Original church records for Canton Glarus are only accessible at the Glarus State Archives.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1849. Elm belongs to the Glarus civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandskreis Glarus Postgasse 29 8750 Glarus Tel: +41 55 646 69 50 email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@gl.ch zivilstandsamt@gl.ch]

Genealogies
(Click here for an article describing Swiss compiled genealogies.)

The Glarus Family Tree is a project which shows the family links between about 200 original families from Glarus. The source of most of this information is the 30-year, 36-volume genealogical masterpiece by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller. The tree has more than 270,000 individuals can be found online at Geneal-Tree, MyHeritage, Geneanet, and Ancestry.

Related sources
In 2011, Canton Glarus was reorganized into three municipalities. Elm is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus