Gerra (Verzasca) Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Gerra (Verzasca) 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
Gerra (Verzasca) is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton in the Verzasca Valley. Until 2009, Berra was an independent municipality when it merged to form Cugnasco-Gerra.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Gerra can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gerra 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)