Russo Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

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Description: Guide to Russo 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
Russo is a parish within the Onsernone valley region of the District of Locarno, Canton Ticino, Switzerland. It currently consists of the municipality of Russo.

History
Russo split away from the parish of Loco in about 1656. Besides Russo itself, it originally also contained the villages of Comologno, Corbella, Crana, Spruga, Vocaglia, and Vergeletto/Gresso. Two of the earliest mentions of the modern village of Russo are in 1231, when it was called de Ruxi; and 1277 as Russio. Russo was part of the Squadra of Russo, one of the five Squadre that made up the medieval community of Onsernone.

Muncipalities
These are the primary locations within the original parish of Russo, along with the date they left to establish their own parish or became absorbed into a different parish.