Aranno Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Aranno 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, Aranno has an area of 2.72 square kilometers (1.05 sq mi). The municipality is located in the Magliasina Valley, Lugano district, at an elevation of 727 m (2,385 ft). It is bordered by Cademario, Iseo, Alto Malcantone, Miglieglia and Novaggio municipalities.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 5.5% - agricultural purposes
 * 84.6% - forested
 * 5.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.2% - rivers or lake
 * 0.4% - unproductive land

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Aranno can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Aranno prior to 1900, 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)