Lodrino Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Lodrino 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, Lodrino has an area of 31.5 square kilometers (12.2 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Riviera district on the right bank of the Ticino river.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 7.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 68.3% - forested
 * 3.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.9% - rivers or lakes
 * 17.2% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Lodrino was in 857 as Ludrini. It was mentioned again in 1193 as Ludrino.

In 1830, Prosito Lodrino merged with the municipality of Lodrino.

The following municipalities merged on On 2 April 2017 into the new municipality of Riviera:
 * Cresciano
 * Iragna
 * Lodrino
 * Osogna

The population history of Lodrino is: 1850 - 534 inhabitants 1900 - 776 inhabitants 1950 - 752 inhabitants 1970 - 1075 inhabitants 2000 - 1461 inhabitants 2010 - 1686 inhabitants 2016 - 1779 inhabitants

The center of Monte Parli was the Chapel of San Martino di Monte Paglio, which was built in 1215. The parish church of Santi Gervasio e Protasio was built in the 13th century and was, perhaps, a separate church. It was originally the parish church of the hamlets and was known as Santi Placido e Sigisberto. The main church in Lodrino was the church of Sant'Ambrogio which was first recorded in 1375.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Lodrino can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Lodrino 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)