Salorino Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Salorino 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 Salorino is in the Mendrisio district and the Ticino canton. It was merged into the municipality of Mendrisio in 2004 and included the Somazzo and Cragno hamlets. It is located on the slopes of Monte Generoso.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Salorino can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Salorino 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)