If you do happen to have a prominent family in your ancestry you may want to look further into historical accounts and civic records for details about your ancestors or (more likely) relations. [Though I should also add that all types of families show up in the civic records, not just prominent ones. It's just a matter of who shows up how often <g>.] The LDS Family History Library has microfilmed many civic records in Canton Graubünden. These are much more difficult to go through than the church books as the latter have a well-organized structure. But the civic records and documents contain a wealth of detail of a completely different sort. While they are difficult to go through by someone who is not fluent in the native language, one can usually pick out the surnames of interest without too much trouble. This at least identifies which documents deserve further study. As just a couple of examples of items which I have found are a document by an ancestor who had served as a local judge for many years in Jenins. He thanked the citizens of the town for their support and understanding during his many years as a judge and was making a bequest to the town of a large amount of money to help pay for tutoring or extra schooling for deserving young men of the village. In return all he asked was for the citizens to please consult the younger judges in the town instead of him! He realized he would be a judge for his remaining days, but he wanted some peace! Another document showed another ancestor taking care of disposing of some vineyard property belonging to someone who most likely was his brother-in-law or nephew based on the names (the church books which would show which were lost in a church and parsonage fire). This other person who was disposing of the property was then in the East Indies (in 1786)! I haven't checked the records to see if this other person eventually came back to Jenins or whether there is other mention of him later in the church book, but it illustrates how one can find some rather remarkable information in the civic documents. Regards, Mike Hobart