Croglio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Croglio 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
As of 1997, Ponte Tresa has an area of 0.41 square kilometers (0.16 sq mi). The former municipality is situated in the Lugano district, on Lake Lugano along the Swiss-Italian border, about 12 km (7.5 mi) from Lugano. The neighboring Italian town is named Lavena Ponte Tresa.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 34.1% - agricultural purposes
 * 43.9% - forested
 * 46.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 7.3% - rivers or lakes

On 18 April 2021, the following municipalities merged to form the new municipality of Tresa.
 * Croglio
 * Monteggio
 * Ponte Tresa
 * Sessa

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Croglio can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Croglio 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)