Camorino Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Camorino 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, Camorino has an area of 8.28 square kilometers (3.20 sq mi). The village includes several major roads and rail lines leading into Bellinzona.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 23.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 67.0% - forested
 * 12.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.6% - rivers or lakes
 * 1.8% - unproductive land

On 2 April 2017, these former neighboring municipalities merged into Bellinzona:
 * Camorino
 * Claro
 * Giubiasco
 * Gnosca
 * Gorduno
 * Gudo
 * Moleno
 * Monte Carasso
 * Pianezzo
 * Preonzo
 * Sant'Antonio
 * Sementina

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Camorino can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Camorino 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)