Says, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Says, 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 Says is in the Fünf Dörfer sub-district of the district of Landquart in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is situated on a terrace above the Churer Rheintal (Chur branch of the Rhine river). It includes the sections of Valtanna, Untersays, and Obersays.

Says (as of 2006) has an area of 14.4 km² (5.6 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 34.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 51.9% - forested
 * 0.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 12.5% - non-productive

History
In 1222, Says was first mentioned by the name of in Seians. It was also mentioned in 1258 as Seyes. In 1880, the municipality divided from Trimmis to become an independent municipality. In 2008, Says merged back into Trimmis.

Says merged into the Trimmis municipality on 1 January 2008. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Trimmis

The population history of Says is: 1860 - 205 inhabitants 1900 - 161 inhabitants 1950 - 126 inhabitants 2000 - 153 inhabitants 2007 - 158 inhabitants

From the parish of Felsberg, Says adopted the Reformation in 1526 and joined the Protestant community of Trimmis in 1646. Says has had a church since 1986.

Church Records
Says belonged to the parish of Trimmis until 1986. See Trimmis for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Says:
 * 1835 (enumerated with Trimmis)
 * 1838
 * 1848 (enumerated with Trimmis)
 * 1850 (enumerated with Trimmis)
 * 1850, form C (enumerated with Trimmis)

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 Trimmis 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)