Cademario Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

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



Geography
As of 1997, Bironico has an area of 4.18 square kilometers (1.61 sq mi). The village is located south of the Monte Ceneri Pass and north of the district seat Lugano. It is bordered by the villages of Camignolo to the south, Medeglia to the north and Rivera to the west.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 11.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 77.5% - forested
 * 6.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.5% - rivers or lakes
 * 4.3% - unproductive land

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cademario can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cademario prior to 1875, along with any known soprannomi. For more information about soprannomi, click here.

Related sources
The town's website (in Italian) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Ticino

Societies
Società Genealogica della Svizzera Italiana (SGSI)