Tschlin Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Tschlin / Schleins 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 Tschlin (German: Schleins) is in the Ramosch sub-district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden. It includes the village of Tschlin on a terrace above the left bank of the Inn, the sections of Strada and Martina and the hamlets of San Niclà, Chaflur, Sclamischot, and Vinadi.

Tschlin (as of 2006) has an area of 75.1 km² (29.0 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 28.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 34.7% - forested
 * 1.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 35.3% - non-productive

History
Until 1943, Tschlin was known as the German name of Schleins.

Tschlin merged into the new Valsot municipality on 1 January 2013. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Ramosch

The population history of Tschlin is: 1835 - 665 inhabitants 1850 - 571 inhabitants 1900 - 553 inhabitants 1930 - 648 inhabitants 1950 - 590 inhabitants 1960 - 553 inhabitants 1970 - 499 inhabitants 1980 - 431 inhabitants 1990 - 515 inhabitants 2000 - 392 inhabitants 2010 - 448 inhabitants 2011 - 442 inhabitants

The Church of St. Blaise was restored in 1515 as a Gothic building. Since the village fire of 1856, only the tower of the Church of St. Johann Baptista is still standing. The Reformation was adopted in 1545.

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
The parish of Tschlin was created before 1545, when it became Reformed. Church records begin in 1774. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1774-1875
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1875

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

These censuses usually enumerated Tschlin and St. Martinsbrück / Martina separately.

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Tschlin and Martina:

Tschlin


 * 1835
 * 1838 (enumerated together)
 * 1848: Tschlin
 * 1848: Strada
 * 1850
 * 1850, form C: Tschlin
 * 1850, form C: Strada

St. Martinsbrück / Martina 


 * 1835
 * 1838 (enumerated together)
 * 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 Tschlin 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)