Zuoz Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Zuoz / Zutz 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 Zuoz is in the Maloja Region and the Graubünden canton. The village center is situated on the slope of Munt Albanas and is surrounded by new developments.

Zuoz (as of 2006) has an area of 65.6 km² (25.3 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 49.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 9.2% - forested
 * 1.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 40.2% - non-productive

History
In 840, Zuoz was first mentioned by the name of Zuzes. Before 2017, Zuoz was in the Oberengadin sub-district of the Maloja district and the Graubünden canton. After 2017, Zuoz became part of the Maloja Region.

The population history of Zuoz is: 1781 - 423 inhabitants 1850 - 378 inhabitants 1900 - 425 inhabitants 1930 - 969 inhabitants 1941 - 693 inhabitants 1950 - 779 inhabitants 1960 - 1,001 inhabitants 1970 - 1,165 inhabitants 1980 - 1,186 inhabitants 1990 - 1,199 inhabitants 2000 - 1,353 inhabitants 2020 - 1,199 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 35.2% were Roman Catholic
 * 49.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 2.66% were Orthodox Church
 * 0.52% were from another Christian church
 * 1.03% were Islamic

The parish church of San Luzi, first attested in 1137/1139, was rebuilt around 1200 (current nave and lower part of the tower). At the beginning of the 16th century it was transformed in the late Gothic style (1507), as was the second church of Santa Chatrigna (1509), attested in 1438. In 1554, Zuoz adopted the Reformation.

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 church in Zuoz was first mentioned in 1137/1139. Zuoz became reformed in 1554. Church records begin in 1723. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptism, marriages, burials 1723-1864 (gaps: marriages, 1750-1762; burials: 1778-1786, 1805-1826)
 * Marriages 1761-1864
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1837-1875

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

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