Zizers Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Zizers / Zezras Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.

Church Records
Original church records are held in the local municipal archive or civil registration office. Microfilm copies are available at the Graubünden State Archives.

Digital images of some church records are available on FamilySearch. These records have a restriction for use only at a family history center near you.

Catholic
The Catholic parish of Zizers is ancient. Mastrils belonged to the parish until 1727. Church records begin in 1632. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms 1753-1837; marriages, burials 1759-1837; confirmations 1766-1837
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1838-1876

The following volumes are only available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives:
 * Baptisms, burials 1632-1759; marriages 1641-1760; Status animarum (undated)
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations 1838-1875

Reformed
By 1614, half of the residents of Zizers were Reformed. Church records begin in 1646. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1646-1806 (gap, marriages and burials 1767-1806)
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1806-1863
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1834-1876

The following volume is only available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives:
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1753-1838

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

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