Cauco, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cauco, 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 Cauco is in the Calanca sub-district of the Moesa district and the Graubünden canton. The Cauca municipality consists of the village of Cauco and the Lasciallo, Masciadone and Bodio hamlets. It is located at the elevation of 1,132 meters (3,714 ft) on the left bank of the Calancasca river.

Cauco (prior to 2015) has an area of 10.9 km² (4.2 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 8.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 49.5% - forested
 * 1.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 40.1% - non-productive

History
Cauco is in the Moesa district and the Graubünden canton.

Cauco merged into the Calanca municipality on 1 January 2015. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Arvigo
 * Braggio
 * Selma

The population history of Cauco is: 1683 - 400 inhabitants 1803 - 149 inhabitants 1850 - 120 inhabitants 1950 - 92 inhabitants 1990 - 30 inhabitants 2000 - 37 inhabitants 2013 - 35 inhabitants

In 1497, the Saint-Antoine church was first mentioned. It became a parochial in 1633. It was enlarged in 1683 and restored in 1978 and 1989.

Church Records
Cauco belongs to the parish of Selma. See Selma for more information.

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

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