Trans Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Trans / Traun 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.



Geography
The former municipality of Trans is in the Domleschg sub-district of the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. It is located on a 1,473 m (4,833 ft) terrace above the eastern side of the Hinterrhine valley. Trans (as of 2006) has an area of 7.4 km² (2.9 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 30.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 46.4% - forested
 * 1.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 22.0% - non-productive

History
In mid 12th century, Trans was first mentioned by the name of Hof ad Tranne. Trans is in the Hinterrhein district and the Graubünden canton. Trans merged into the Tomils municipality on 1 January 2009. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Feldis/Veulden
 * Scheid
 * Tumegl/Tomils

The population history of Trans is: 1803 - 84 inhabitants 1850 - 104 inhabitants 1900 - 56 inhabitants 1950 - 61 inhabitants 2000 - 69 inhabitants 2007 - 56 inhabitants

Spiritually, Trans depended on Tomils. The Protestants depended on Almens. In 1508, the Saints-Pierre-et-Paul church was first mentioned. At the beginning of the 18th century, the Trans Affair (violet denominational quarrels) finally ceased with the disappearance of the Catholic minority.

Church Records
Catholics in Trans belonged to the parish of Tumegl/Tomils; members of the Reformed church belonged to Almens. See Tumegl/Tomils and Almens for more information.

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

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