Ludiano Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ludiano 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 Ludiano is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. It is located in the lower Blenio valley on the right side. Ludiano (as of 1997) has an area of 6.19 km² (2.39 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 8.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 77.7% - forested
 * 4.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.1% - rivers or lakes
 * 6.3% - non-productive

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Ludiano can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Ludiano 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)