Gandria Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Gandria 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 Gandria is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located on the northern slore of Lugano Lake. Gandria forms a quarter of Lugano city and includes the surrounding rural slopes extending along the lake on both sides to the Italian border.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Gandria can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gandria 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)