Ftan Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ftan / Fetan 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 Ftan is in the Suot Tasna sub-district of the Inn district and the Graubünden canton. It is located on a terrace above the left bank of the Inn river. Ftan included the village sections of Ftan Pitschen and Ftan Grond.

Ftan (as of 2006) has an area of 43.1 km² (16.6 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 40.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 15.4% - forested
 * 1.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 42.8% - non-productive

History
In 1150, Ftan was first mentioned by the name of Vetane. Until 1943 Ftan was known as Fetan. Ftan is in the Inn district and the Graubünden canton.

Ftan merged into the Scuol municipality on 1 January 2015. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Ardez
 * Guarda
 * Scuol
 * Sent
 * Tarasp

The population history of Ftan is: 1830 - 538 inhabitants 1850 - 506 inhabitants 1900 - 403 inhabitants 1950 - 504 inhabitants 1970 - 425 inhabitants 2000 - 516 inhabitants 2014 - 492 inhabitants

In 1492, the parish was first mentioned. In 1542, it adopted the Reformation. The construction of the Saint-Pierre church is not known.

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 family history center near you.

Reformed
The ancient parish of Ftan became Reformed in 1542. Church records begin in 1699. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:


 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1699-1854
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1876

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

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