Rongellen, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rongellen / Runtgaglia, 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 municipality of Rongellen is in the Viamala Region and the Graubünden canton. It includes scattered individual farmhouses and small groups of houses in a clearing along the old Viamala road. Rongellen (as of 2006) has an area of 2 km² (0.77 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 15.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 63.2% - forested
 * 5.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 16.2% - non-productive

History
In 1344, Rongellen was first mentioned by the name of Rungal. Before 2017, Rongellen was in the Schams sub-district, of the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. After 2017, Rongellen became part of the Viamala Region.

The population history of Rongellen is: 1780 - 75 inhabitants 1850 - 63 inhabitants 1900 - 49 inhabitants 1950 - 71 inhabitants 2000 - 53 inhabitants 2020 - 56 inhabitants

Religiously, Rongellen has always belonged to Thusis since its origins. It adopted the Reformation around 1529. It consists of neither church, nor store, nor inn; the school was closed in 1971.

Church Records
Rongellen is part of the parish of Thusis. See Thusis for more information.

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

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