Bosco Luganese Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Bosco Luganese 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
Former municipality in the district of Lugano. Since 2004, it has been part of the municipality of Bioggio. Its territory was made up of a group of small hamlets scattered on the slopes of Mount Cervello, overlooking the Val d'Agno. Until 1783, Bosco Luganese belonged to the municipality of Cademario.

History
The first mention of Bosco Luganese is in 1335 as Cadelmario Inferiore. Until 1912, Bosco.

The population history of Bosco Luganese is: 1808 - 114 inhabitants 1850 - 198 inhabitants 1900 - 189 inhabitants 1950 - 179 inhabitants 1960 - 169 inhabitants 1990 - 276 inhabitants 2000 - 348 inhabitants

The parish church, mentioned in 1580, enlarged in 1767, is dedicated to Saint Abonde. In the Middle Ages, the area belonged to the Comasque monastery of Saint-Abonde whose sharecroppers cultivated the land.

According to records from 1571, Bironico Parish was part of the Agno Pieve. The Pieve was formed from the following parishes: In Swiss territory -

In what is now Italian territory. With the exception of Cremenaga, all these parishes were separated from Agno by 1633.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Bosco Luganese can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bosco Luganese 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)