Ponte Tresa Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ponte Tresa 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, Neggio has an area of 0.91 square kilometers (0.35 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district, on a hill in the lower Malcantone valley.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 24.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 65.9% - forested
 * 14.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.1% - rivers or lakes

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Ponte Tresa can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Ponte Tresa 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)