Nidfurn, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Nidfurn, 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
Nidfurn is located in the Linth River valley above the west bank of the river. Its elevation is 560 m (1,840 ft). The nearby villages are:
 * North - village of Schwanden
 * South - village of Leuggelbach
 * East - village of Haslen across the river

History
The first mention of Nidfurn was in 1289 using the name of Nitfúre. It was one of the richest parts of Glarus during the middle ages. Nidfurn was merged into the municipality of Haslen on 1 July 2006.

The population history of Nidfurn is: 1701 - 135 inhabitants 1860 - 477 inhabitants 1900 - 348 inhabitants 1950 - 390 inhabitants 2000 - 258 inhabitants 2005 - 255 inhabitants

The Swiss Northeastern Railway line from Weesen to Linthal opened in 1879 and connected Nidfurn to the railway network.

Until 1395, Nidfurm belonged to Säckingen Abbey. From 1349, the village was part of the Glarus parish, then the Schwanden parish. Since 1528, the majority of the inhabitants are Protestant.

Church Records
Nidfurn 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. Nidfurn 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. Nidfurn is now part of the Glarus Süd municipality. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus