Churwalden Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Churwalden / Curvalda 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 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 is ancient. Church records begin in 1640, though the marriages and burials only begin in 1838. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:


 * Baptisms 1640-1837 (marriages and burials unavailable)
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1838-1876

Reformed
After the Reformation in Churwalden, the monastery of St. Michael served as the parish church as early as 1616. Records begin in 1700. The following volumes are available on FamilySearch:


 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1700-1836
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1756-1819
 * Baptism, marriages burials 1837-1875

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

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