Indemini Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Indemini 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 Indemini is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton. It is located on the Italian border in the upper Veddasca valley at an elevation of 938 m (3,077 ft). Indemini has an area of 11.32 km² (4.37 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 1.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 78.3% - forested
 * 1.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.6% - rivers & lakes
 * 13.3% - non-productive

History
In 1260, Indemini was first mentioned with the name of Indemine. Indemini is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton. Indemini merged into a new municipality of Gambarogno on 25 April 2010. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Caviano
 * Contone
 * Gerra (Gambarogno)
 * Magadino
 * Piazzogna
 * San Nazzaro
 * Sant'Abbondio
 * Vira (Gambarogno)

The population history of Indemini is: 1591 - 200 inhabitants 1683 - 376 inhabitants 1801 - 287 inhabitants 1850 - 409 inhabitants 1900 - 340 inhabitants 1950 - 206 inhabitants 1970 - 64 inhabitants 2000 - 39 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 43.6% were Roman Catholic
 * 25.6% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 30.8% belong to another church

In 1556, a vice-parish was formed after breaking away from the parish of Vira. Before 1213, the church of San Bartolomeo was built. It was expanded in the 17th century and renovated in the 19th century.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Indemini can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Indemini 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)