Pregassona Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Pregassona 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
The municipality of Pregassona is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located on the left bank of the Cassarate and extends to Mount Boglia. Pregassona included the Sala, Viarnetto and Pazzalino hamlets. Pregassona forms a quarter of Lugano city.

Church Records
The parish of Pregassona included the filial church of Pazzalino.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Pregassona can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Pregassona 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)