Innerferrera Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Innerferrera / Calantgil 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 Innerferrera (Romansh: Calantgil) is in the Schams sub-district of the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. It is located on the Averser branch of the Rhine river. The Innerferrera municipality consisted of the haufendorf (an unplanned and closely packed village built around a central square)

Innerferrera (as of 2006) has an area of 44 km² (17 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 22.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 11.7% - forested
 * 0.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 65.0% - non-productive

History
In 1556, Innerferrera was first mentioned by the name of Canicül. Innerferrera (Romansh: Calantgil) is in the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. In 1837, Ausserferrera separated from Innerferrera to form a separate municipality.

Innerferrera merged with Ausserferrera to form the Ferrera municipality on 1 January 2008.

The population history of Innerferrera is: 1808 - 57 inhabitants 1850 - 106 inhabitants 1880 - 52 inhabitants 1900 - 55 inhabitants 1950 - 67 inhabitants 1960 - 286 inhabitants (increase while dam was being constructed) 2000 - 49 inhabitants 2007 - 38 inhabitants

Before 1538, the first church was built before the Reformation. In 1834, the current church was built.

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 church records are available on FamilySearch. These records have a restriction for use only at a FamilySearch center near you.

Reformed
Innerferrera became an independent parish in 1837 when it separated from Ausserferrera. Church records begin in 1838, with extracts of baptisms back to 1781. See Ausserferrera for earlier records. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms 1781-1848
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1875

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

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