Magliaso Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Magliaso 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, Magliaso has an area of 1.09 square kilometers (0.42 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district, north of the Magliasina delta. It includes the villages of Magliaso, below the church and castle, and Castellaccio, on the lake shore.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 67.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 9.2% - forested
 * 70.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.8% - rivers or lakes

History
The first mention of Magliaso is in 769 as de Maliacis. The next mention of Magliaso is in 854 de vico Maliaci.

The population history of Magliaso is: 1591 - 12 inhabitants 1668 - 20 inhabitants 1696 - 129 inhabitants 1721 - 185 inhabitants 1808 - 304 inhabitants 1850 - 435 inhabitants 1900 - 419 inhabitants 1950 - 581 inhabitants 2000 - 1359 inhabitants

During the Lombard period, (568 to 774), the abbey of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia owned an estate in Magliaso. Mentioned first time in 1033, no document attests to the origins of the old Saint-Cyr church and the Saint-Georges castle. In 1668, Karl Konrad von Beroldingen, chancellor of the Lugano bailiffs, acquired the rights to rule the village. He had the still existing parish church and a magnificent palace, which is now decaying, built on the ruins of the castle.

According to records from 1571, Magliaso 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 Magliaso can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Magliaso 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)