Sankt Antönien Castels, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sankt Antönien Castels 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 Sankt Antönien Castels is in the former district of Luzein in the district of Oberlandquart in the canton of Graubünden. It is located northwest of Dalvazzabach. It included the hamlets of Alp Partnun, Aschüel, Platz, and Mayerhof.

History
St. Antönien-Castels used to be a neighborhood of the High Court of Castels. Since 1851, the municipality of St. Antönien-Castels was in the Luzein district in the Oberlandquart district in the Graubünden canton. In 1979, the municipality of Sankt Antönien was created from the merger of Sankt Antönien Castels and Sankt Antönien Rüti.

Church Records
Castels was part of the parish of Sankt Antönien. See Sankt Antönien for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Sankt Antönien Castels:
 * 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 Sankt Antönien Castels 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)