Poschiavo Parish, Graubünden, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Poschiavo / Puschlav 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 parish of Poschiavo is ancient. Church records begin in 1594. All of the following volumes are available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives: Volumes with an asterisk (*) are also available on FamilySearch:
 * Baptisms 1594-1613
 * Baptisms 1614-1617; marriages 1614-1648
 * Baptisms 1642-1650*
 * Baptisms 1651-1658*
 * Baptisms 1658-1674
 * Baptisms 1674-1713
 * Baptisms 1713-1765*
 * Baptisms 1765-1799
 * Baptisms 1800-1827*
 * Baptisms 1827-1872*
 * Baptisms 1873-1875*
 * Baptisms 1876-1907


 * Marriages 1649-1672; burials 1649-1658
 * Marriages 1672-1723
 * Marriages 1724-1819*
 * Marriages 1819-1875*
 * Marriages, confirmations 1876-1907


 * Burials 1659-1682
 * Burials 1682-1779*
 * Burials 1779-1837*
 * Burials 1838-1875*
 * Burials 1876-1907


 * Status animarum 1697, 1706, 1713, 1717
 * Status animarum 1730, 1737, 1780, 1796
 * Status animarum 1804
 * Status animarum 1848-1885
 * Status animarum 1913


 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1874-1875 (La Prese)*

Reformed
A Reformed church was first established in Poschiavo in 1550. Church records begin in 1627. The following volumes are only available on microfilm at the Graubünden State Archives::
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1627-1687
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1687-1724
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1725-1794
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1795-1831
 * Baptisms, marriages, burials 1832-1837
 * Baptisms 1837-1921
 * Marriages, burials 1829-1857
 * Burials 1829-1857
 * Burials 1857-1909

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

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