Piandera, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Piandera, 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
The former community of Piandera is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. In 1956, it was merged into the municipality of Valcolla which stretches along the Cassarate from the summit of Gazzirola in a south-westerly direction for 10 km.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Piandera can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Piandera prior to 1900, 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)