Lostallo Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Lostallo 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
Lostallo is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the canton of Graubünden. Before 2017, the municipality was situated in the Mesocco sub-district of the Moesa district on the right bank of the Moesa river. It includes the village of Lostallo and the hamlets of Cabbiolo to the north and Sorte to the south. Lostallo (as of 2006) had an area of 50.9 km2 (19.7 sq mi). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 6.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 59% - forested
 * 1.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 32.3% - unproductive land

History
In 1219, Lostallo was first mentioned. The Lostallo municipality is in the Graubünden canton.

The population history of Lostallo is: 1802 - 212 inhabitants 1850 - 363 inhabitants 1900 - 372 inhabitants 1950 - 424 inhabitants 2000 - 656 inhabitants 2020 - 840 inhabitants

The parish church of Saint-Georges is recorded as early as 1219, transformed in the 17th century, and was restored in 1939-1941. The chapel dedicated to Charles Borromée dates from 1633 and in Sorte, that dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption dates from 1611.

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.

Catholic
Lostallo was established as a parish sometime before its first mention in 1219. Church records begin in 1641. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1641-1819; Status animarum 1644-1692, 1706-1783, 1805, 1818
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1838; Status animarum 1818, 1820

The following volumes are only available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1838-1908

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Lostallo:
 * 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 Lostallo prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in Italian) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Graubünden

Societies
Rätische Vereinigung für Familienforschung (RVFF)

Società Genealogica della Svizzera italiana (SGSI)