Bonaduz Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Bonaduz / Panaduz 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 municipality of Bonaduz is in the Imboden Region and in the Graubünden canton. Until 2017, the municipality was situated in the Rhäzüns sub-district, of the Imboden district, after 2017 it became part of the Imboden Region. It includes the haufendorf (an irregular, unplanned and quite closely packed village, built around a central square) of Bonaduz on a high plain south-west of the junction of the Hinterrhein and Vorderrhein. Bonaduz (as of 2006) had an area of 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 25.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 61.3% - forested
 * 7.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 6.2% - unproductive land

History
In 960, Bonaduz was first mentioned by the name of Beneduces. The Bonaduz municipality is in the Graubünden canton.

The population history of Bonaduz is: 1850 - 581 inhabitants 1900 - 886 inhabitants 1950 - 1,039 inhabitants 2000 - 2,433 inhabitants 2010 - 2,738 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 59.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 26.9% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 0.41% were Orthodox Church
 * 1.93% were another Christian church
 * 1.85% were Islamic
 * 0.58% were another Church

Bonaduz remained Catholic during the Reformation and split from Rhäzüns in 1667. It created with Rhäzüns, until the 16th century, a political, economic, and ecclesiastical unity and appeared for the first time in 1529 as an autonomous congregation.

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.

Catholic
Bonaduz was part of the parish of Rhäzüns until 1667. Church records begin in 1738. The following volumes are only available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1738-1837
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1838-1875

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

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