Breganzona Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Breganzona 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
The municipality of Breganzona is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located on a slope west of Lugano. Breganzona forms a quarter of Lugano city. One is the historic town of Biogno.

Church Records
Belongs to Biogno?

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Breganzona can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Breganzona 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)