Jenins Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Jenins / Gianin 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
Jenins is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the canton of Graubünden. Before 2017, the municipality was situated in the Maienfeld sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. Jenins (as of 2006) had an area of 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 48% - agricultural purposes
 * 40.1% - forested
 * 3.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 8.3% - unproductive land

History
In 1139, Jenins was first mentioned by the name of Uienennes. It was also mentioned in 1142 as Gininnes. The Jenins municipality is in the Graubünden canton.

The population history of Jenins is: 1850 - 481 inhabitants 1900 - 450 inhabitants 1950 - 461 inhabitants 1960 - 398 inhabitants 1970 - 468 inhabitants 1980 - 557 inhabitants 1990 - 654 inhabitants 2000 - 746 inhabitants 2020 - 915 inhabitants

The Church of St. Mauritius was recorded indirectly in 1209 and expressly in 1330. The collation was part of the lords of Neu-Aspermont, the administration of the temporal to the bishop of Coire, then to the III Leagues (1536). In 1540, the parish adopted 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 some church records are available on FamilySearch. These records have a restriction for use only at a FamilySearch center near you.

Reformed
The Medieval parish of Jenins became Reformed in 1540. Church records begin in 1745. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1745-1817
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1817-1870
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1876

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

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