Cureglia Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cureglia 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, Cureglia has an area of 1.06 square kilometers (0.41 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district, at the watershed between Val Vedeggio and Valle del Cassarate.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 46.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 45.3% - forested
 * 45.3% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
The first mention of Cureglia was in 1335 as Curea or Curilia.

The population history of Cureglia is: 1591 - 35 hearths 1696 - 200 inhabitants 1769 - 218 inhabitants 1801 - 175 inhabitants 1850 - 277 inhabitants 1900 - 304 inhabitants 1950 - 335 inhabitants 2000 - 1219 inhabitants

In 1468, the village of Comano, which was part of Cureglia, broke away from the parish of Lugano. In 1594, Cureglia became an independent parish. The parish church of S. Cristoforo, was already built in 1420 and was totally remodeled in the 19th century. The Chapel of S. Maria del Buon Consiglio dates from the 18th century.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cureglia can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cureglia prior to 1900, 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)