Peccia Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Peccia 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.

Church Records
Peccia was home to two parish churches:

San Antonio Abate
San Antonio Abate was established as a parish church in 1613; before 1613, the area belonged to the parish of Sornico. The church was rebuilt after the floods of 1834 and 1868, which resulted in heavy record loss.

San Carlo
The parish of San Carlo was created in 1669.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Peccia is split into fractions:
 * San Antonio Abbate can be accessed here.
 * San Carlo can be accessed here.
 * San Giovanni Battista can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Peccia 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)