Uors, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Uors / Furth, 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 Uors-Peiden (German: Furth) is in the Lumnezia sub-district of the Surselva district and the Graubünden canton. It is located at the confluence of the Glogn and the Valser Rhein. Uors overlooks the Mulin Valley gorge.

History
In 831, Uors was first mentioned by the name of Villa Vorce. In 1290, it was mentioned as Furze. Uors (German: Furth) is in the Surselva district and the Graubünden canton.

The municipality of Uors-Peiden was created in 1963 with the merger of Uors and Peiden. Uors-Peiden merged into the Suraua municipality on 1 January 2002. Other municipalities merged include: In 2013, it became part of the Lumnezia municipality.
 * Camuns
 * Surcasti
 * Tersnaus

The population history of Uors is: 1850 - 156 inhabitants 1900 - 104 inhabitants 1950 - 88 inhabitants 1960 - 91 inhabitants 1970 - 116 inhabitants (those in Uors-Peiden) 2000 - 90 inhabitants (those in Uors-Peiden)

Uors belonged to the Saint-Vincent church in Pleif and then the church in Surcasti (from 1528).

Church Records
Uors belonged to the parish of Surcasti. See Surcasti for more information.

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

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