Lugano Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Lugano 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.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Lugano can be accessed here.

The 1837 census for the municipality of Lugano has been indexed and can be accessed [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3288470 here. The browsable images for the 1837 census can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Lugano 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)