Sankt Antönien Ascharina, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sankt Antönien Ascharina, 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 Sankt Antönien Ascharina is in the Luzein sub-district of the Prättigau/Davos district and the Graubünden canton.

History
Until 1953, Sankt Antönien Ascharina was known as Ascharina. Sankt Antönien Ascharina is in the Prättigau/Davos district and the Graubünden canton.

On 1 January 2007, the municipalities of Sankt Antönien and Sankt Antönien Ascharina were merged into the municipality of Sankt Antönien.

The population history of Sankt Antönien Ascharina is: 1850 - 146 inhabitants 1900 - 95 inhabitants 1950 - 149 inhabitants 2000 - 119 inhabitants

Church Records
Ascharina was part of the parish of Sankt Antönien. See Sankt Antönien for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Sankt Antönien Ascharina:
 * 1835 (enumerated with Saas im Prättigau)
 * 1838
 * 1848: Table I (enumerated with Saas im Prättigau); pages out of order
 * 1848: Table II (enumerated with Saas im Prättigau); pages out of order
 * 1848: Table III (enumerated with Saas im Prättigau)
 * 1848: Table IV (enumerated with Saas im Prättigau)
 * 1848: Table V (enumerated with Saas im Prättigau)
 * 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 Sankt Antönien Ascharina 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)