Carabietta, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Carabietta 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, Carabietta has an area of 0.46 square kilometers (0.18 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district, on the Agno arm of Lake Lugano.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 13.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 73.9% - forested
 * 17.4% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
The first mention of Carabietta was in 1335 as Carabio. It was also mentioned in 1375 as La Carabieta.

On 1 April 2012, it was consolidated into the municipality of Collina d'Oro.

The population history of Carabietta is: 1801 - 58 inhabitants 1850 - 74 inhabitants 1900 - 50 inhabitants 1950 - 60 inhabitants 1960 - 48 inhabitants 2000 - 100 inhabitants

At the end of the 14th Century, it was part of the Pieve of Agno, and in the 15th-16th Centuries to the Pieve of Lugano. It eventually became part of the parish church of Morcote. Between 1803-1816, Carabietta was part of the political municipality of Morcote. During the Middle Ages (documented first in 1355) and under the Swiss Confederation (reconfirmed in 1664 and 1784), Carabietta was given the status as an imperial cassina or a village that was exempt from taxes. The church of San Bernardo was built in 1634 constructed on the foundations of a late-medieval church.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Carabietta can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Carabietta 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)