Scareglia, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

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



History
The municipality of Valcolla was created on 15 October 1956 with the merging of the following communities:
 * Colla
 * Insone
 * Piandera
 * Scareglia
 * Signôra

The population history of Colla, Insone, Piandera, Scareglia and Signôra is: 1850 - 1,167 inhabitants 1900 - 1,088 inhabitants 1950 - 687 inhabitants

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Scareglia can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Scareglia 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)