Mendrisio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mendrisio 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.



This maps shows the municipality of Mendrisio after its merger with Salorino.

Geography
The municipality of Mendrisio is in the Mendrisio district and the Ticino canton. It is the capital of the Mendrisio district. It is located at the foot of Monte Generoso. The area of Mendrisio has grown with multiple mergers of other municipalities.
 * 2004 - Salorino was added
 * 2009 - Arzo, Capolago, Genestrerio, Rancate and Tremona wree added
 * 2013 - Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride were added

Mendrisio currently has an area of 31.77 km² (12.27 square miles) -- after the 2013 merger. In 1997 (before the mergers), Mendrisio had an area of 11.71 km² (4.52 square miles). The land use (1997) is divided up as follows:
 * 14.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 27.0% - forested
 * 22.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - rivers & lakes
 * 0.4% - non-productive

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Mendrisio can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mendrisio 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)