Clugin, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Clugin / Clugen, 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 Clugin (Romansh: Clugen) is in the Schams sub-district of the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. It is located at the foot of the Schamserberg. The village is a Haufendorf (unplanned, closely packed village). Clugin (as of 2006) has an area of 2.5 km² (0.97 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 28.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 62.3% - forested
 * 2.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 6.5% - non-productive

History
In 1243, Clugin was first mentioned by the name of Cloduno. Clugin is in the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. Clugin merged into the Andeer municipality on 1 January 2009. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Andeer
 * Pignia

The population history of Clugin is: 1835 - 50 inhabitants 1850 - 59 inhabitants 1860 - 72 inhabitants 1900 - 31 inhabitants 1950 - 62 inhabitants 2000 - 33 inhabitants 2007 - 34 inhabitants

Spiritually, Clugin belonged to Saint-Martin in Zillis. It was dedicated to Saint Simplicius around 1500. Around 1530, Clugin adopted the Reformation and formed a parish in lower Schamserberg.

Church Records
Clugin is part of the parish of Donat. See Donat for more information.

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

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