Semione Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Semione 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 Semione is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. It is located in the Blenio valley on the right side. Its elevation ranges from 360 to 2,170 meters. The Navona hamlet is included in this municipality. Semione (as of 1997) has an area of 10.42 km² (4.02 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 10.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 78.3% - forested
 * 3.5% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.5% - rivers or lakes
 * 2.4% - non-productive

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Semione can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Semione 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)