Rancate Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Rancate 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 former municipality of Rancate is in the Mendrisio district and the Ticino canton. It extends from the Sant'Agata hill and the Laveggio plain.

History
In 1190, Rancate was first mentioned with the name of Rancade. Rancate is in the Mendrisio district and the Ticino canton. The hamlets of Penate and Cantone were included with Rancate. Rancate merged into the municipality of Mendrisio on 5 April 2009. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Arzo
 * Capolago
 * Genestrerio
 * Mendrisio
 * Tremona

The population history of Tremona is: 1599 - 110 inhabitants 1643 - 156 inhabitants 1747 - 198 inhabitants 1801 - 164 inhabitants 1850 - 293 inhabitants 1900 - 308 inhabitants 1950 - 177 inhabitants 1960 - 155 inhabitants 2000 - 393 inhabitants

In 1493, Tremona was separated from the Riva San Vitale pieve and became its own parish. Until 1770, the Church of St. Agatha (first mentioned in 1493) was the center of the spiritual needs of the village, then the Church of the Assumption.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Rancate can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Rancate 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)