Caslano Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Caslano 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, Caslano has an area of 2.84 square kilometers (1.10 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district, along the right bank of the mouth of the Magliasina river in Lake Lugano. It includes the village of Caslano and the hamlets of Magliasina and Torrazza.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 37.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 38.7% - forested
 * 47.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.5% - rivers or lakes
 * 1.1% - unproductive land

History
The population history of Caslano is: 1591 - 350 inhabitants 1801 - 494 inhabitants 1850 - 690 inhabitants 1900 - 651 inhabitants 1950 - 898 inhabitants 2000 - 3495 inhabitants

The parish church, using the pre-existing building, was built in 1653.

According to records from 1571, Bironico 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 Caslano can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Caslano 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)