Corzoneso Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Corzoneso 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 Corzoneso is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. The municipality includes the Corzoneso Piano, Casserio and Cumiasca villages. Corzoneso is located at the elevation of 723 meters.

History
In 1210, Corzoneso was first mentioned with the name of Cursonexe. Corzoneso is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. Corzoneso merged into the municipality of Acquarossa on 8 October 2003. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Castro
 * Dongio
 * Largario
 * Leontica
 * Lottigna
 * Marolta
 * Ponto Valentino
 * Prugiasco

The population history of Corzoneso is: 1682 - 250 inhabitants 1836 - 434 inhabitants 1850 - 369 inhabitants 1900 - 275 inhabitants 1950 - 322 inhabitants 2000 - 506 inhabitants 2003 - 479 inhabitants

In 1211, the Saints-Nazaire-et-Celse parish church was mentioned. It was enlarged in 1671. In 1249, Saint-Rémy was mentioned.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Corzoneso can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Corzoneso 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)