Grancia Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Grancia 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, Grancia has an area of 0.63 square kilometers (0.24 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district. It includes the village of Grancia made up of four sections, including Campestro.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 23.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 38.1% - forested
 * 49.2% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 4.8% - rivers or lakes

History
The first mention of Grancia was in 1309 as in loco Grancie.

It was part of the municipality of Carabbia until 1825.

The population history of Grancia is: 1670 - 115 inhabitants 1850 - 104 inhabitants 1900 - 139 inhabitants 1950 - 142 inhabitants 1990 - 300 inhabitants 2000 - 366 inhabitants

At the end of the 13th century, there was a religious institution in Grancia that was under the jurisdiction of the monastery of S. Maria in Torello (now part of Carona). The church of S. Carpoforo was probably constructed on the foundations of an older church in the 16th century. Together with S. Siro of Carabbia, it was part of the parish of S. Pietro in Pambio. In 1608, the two parishes separated from Pambio, and in 1670 Grancia split from S. Siro.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Grancia can be accessed here (starting with line 73).

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Grancia 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)