Glarus Parish, Glarus, Switzerland Genealogy

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



Geography
Glarus is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the municipality Glarus incorporated the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern. Before 2011, the municipality of Glarus had an area of 69.2 km2 (26.7 sq mi). After the incorporation of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern in 2011, the municipality Glarus now has an area of 103.67 km2 (40.03 sq mi). Glarus is located in the Glarner Mittelland by the river Linth between the foot of Glärnisch mountain to the west and the Schilt mountain to the east.

As of 2006, the land use was divided up as follows:
 * 23% was used for agricultural purposes
 * 31.4% was forested
 * 2.7% was settled (buildings or roads)
 * 42.9% was non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

After the incorporation in 2011, the land use was divided up as follows:
 * 26.3% is used for agricultural purposes
 * 34.3% is forested
 * 4.1% is settled (buildings or roads)
 * 35.2% is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains)

Church Records
Reformed baptism and marriage records for the Reformed parish of Glarus began in 1598, while burials began in 1620. Catholic records began in 1800. Information from the church records was extracted by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller and organized into families. The Glarus Family Tree has made much of this data available online.

Original church records for Canton Glarus are only accessible at the Glarus State Archives.

Civil Registration
Civil registration began in 1849. Glarus belongs to the Glarus civil registration district. Records are only available in Switzerland. For further information, contact the civil registry office at:

Zivilstandskreis Glarus Postgasse 29 8750 Glarus Tel: +41 55 646 69 50 email: [mailto:zivilstandsamt@gl.ch zivilstandsamt@gl.ch]

Genealogies
(Click here for an article describing Swiss compiled genealogies.)

The Glarus Family Tree is a project which shows the family links between about 200 original families from Glarus. The source of most of this information is the 30-year, 36-volume genealogical masterpiece by Johann Jakob Kubly-Müller. The tree has more than 270,000 individuals can be found online at Geneal-Tree, MyHeritage, Geneanet, and Ancestry.

Related sources
In 2011, Canton Glarus was reorganized into three municipalities. Glarus is still part of the municipality of Glarus. The municipality website can be accessed here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Glarus