Sala Capriasca Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sala Capriasca 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 former municipality of Sala Capriasca is in the Ticino canton and is located in the Capriasca valley at the foot of Mount Bigorio. It included the Sala, Bigorio, Lelgio and Pezzolo hamlets.

History
In 1078, Sala Capriasca was first mentioned as Sale. In 1467, it was mentioned as Salla. It was originally a walled village. Sala Capriasca merged into a new municipality of Capriasca in 2001. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Cagiallo
 * Lopagno
 * Roveredo
 * Tesserete
 * Vaglio

The population history of Sala Capriasca is: 1574 - 391 inhabitants 1638 - 505 inhabitants 1850 - 549 inhabitants 1900 - 578 inhabitants 1950 - 549 inhabitants 2000 - 1,179 inhabitants

The St. Anthony parish church was first mentioned in 1413. it was totally rebuilt during the 15th and 16th centuries. Sala Capriasca was part of the Tesserete parish until 1933 when it became its own parish.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Sala Capriasca can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sala Capriasca 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)