Davesco-Soragno Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Davesco-Soragno 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 Davesco-Soragno is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located in the Cassarate valley and included Avesco and Soragnio. The villages of Davesco and Soragno are included in the Davesco-Soragno municipality. Davesco-Soragno forms a quarter of Lugano city.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Davesco-Soragno can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Davesco-Soragno 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)