Sool Parish, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sool Parish, Glarus, 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 village of Sool is located between the valleys of the Linth and Sernf rivers on a prehistoric landside at an elevation of 637 m (2,090 ft). The boundaries of the 13.3 km² (5.1 square miles) area extends to the north and east of the village and reaches up to the peak of Gufelstock (elevation 2,436 m or 7,992 ft).

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 42.0% - forested
 * 23.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 1.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 33.2% - non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

History
The first mention of Sool was between 1303 and 1307 using the name of Soler Tagwan. Glarus Süd was created on 1 January 2011 and Sool became part of this new municipality. Other localities merged include:
 * Betschwanden
 * Braunwald
 * Elm
 * Engi
 * Haslen (GL)
 * Linthal
 * Luchsingen
 * Matt
 * Mitlödi
 * Rüti (GL)
 * Schwändi
 * Schwanden (GL)

The population history of Sool is: 1777 - 143 male citizens 1850 - 539 inhabitants 1900 - 461 inhabitants 1950 - 429 inhabitants 2000 - 303 inhabitants 2010 - 296 inhabitants

Dues were paid to Säckingen Abbey until 1395. From 1349, the village depended on Glaris, and then Schwanden for spiritual needs. Since 1528, the people of Sool have been predominantly Protestant.

In 1832, the first school was inaugurated. In 1902, the current primary school was opened.

Church Records
Baptism, marriage, and burial records for the parish of Sool began in 1750. Before 1750, Sool belonged to the parish of Schwanden. Information from the church records was extracted by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller and organized into families. The Glarus Family Tree has made much of this data available online.

Original church records for Canton Glarus are only accessible at the Glarus State Archives.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1849. Sool belongs to the Glarus civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandskreis Glarus Postgasse 29 8750 Glarus Tel: +41 55 646 69 50 email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@gl.ch zivilstandsamt@gl.ch]

Genealogies
(Click here for an article describing Swiss compiled genealogies.)

The Glarus Family Tree is a project which shows the family links between about 200 original families from Glarus. The source of most of this information is the 30-year, 36-volume genealogical masterpiece by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller. The tree has more than 270,000 individuals can be found online at Geneal-Tree, MyHeritage, Geneanet, and Ancestry.

Related sources
In 2011, Canton Glarus was reorganized into three municipalities. Sool is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus