Sant'Antonino Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sant'Antonino 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, Sant'Antonino has an area of 6.59 square kilometers (2.54 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Bellinzona district, in Magadino river valley along the northern slope of the Monte Ceneri. It includes the village of Sant'Antonino and the hamlets of Paiardi and Vigana.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 43.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 44.3% - forested
 * 16.8% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.8% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.6% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Sant'Antonino was in 1219 as Sancto Antorino.

The population history of Sant'Antonino is: 1591 - 400 inhabitants 1696 - 453 inhabitants 1795 - 373 inhabitants 1850 - 329 inhabitants 1900 - 380 inhabitants 1950 - 440 inhabitants 2000 - 2066 inhabitants

During the Middle Ages, the Church of S. Pietro in Bellinzona (early 13th century), the hospital in Contone (1337) and the cathedral of Como (1397) all owned property in Sant'Antonino. It was part of the Bellinzona parish until 1442.. After that, it formed a parish with Cadenazzo, which remained until Cadenzaao broke away from Sant'Antonino in 1830. The parish church, first mentioned in 1219, was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Sant'Antonino can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sant'Antonino 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)