Vezio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Vezio 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
Vezio is a village in the district of Lugano. It is limited to the northeast by the river Magliasina and extends north to Mount Gradiccioli.

A new municipality of Alto Malcantone formed in 2005 which included:
 * Arosio
 * Breno
 * Fescoggia
 * Mugena
 * Vezio

History
The first mention of Vezio is in 1355 as Vecio.

The population history of Vezio is: 1670 - 194 inhabitants 1801 - 171 inhabitants 1850 - 273 inhabitants 1900 - 154 inhabitants 1950 - 137 inhabitants 2000 - 208 inhabitants

In the late Middle Ages, the bishop and the monastery of Saint-Abonde de Côme owned property and rights in Vezio. Vezio depended on the parish of Breno until 1626, then on that of Mugena, and formed a vice-parish in 1684. The parish church of Saint-Barthélemy was built in 1745 on the remains of a pre-existing building, thought to be built in 1444.

According to records from 1571, Vezio Parish was part of the Agno Pieve. The Pieve was formed from the following parishes: In Swiss territory -

In what is now Italian territory. With the exception of Cremenaga, all these parishes were separated from Agno by 1633.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Vezio can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Vezio 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)