Barbengo Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Barbengo 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 Barbengo is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located in Pian Scairolo. Barbengo forms a quarter of Lugano city and includes the hamlets of:
 * Cadepiano
 * Campagnore
 * Casaccia
 * Cernesio
 * Garaverio
 * Figino

History
Barbengo is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Barbengo merged into the Lugano municipality in 2008. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Carabbia
 * Villa Luganese

The population history of Barbengo is: 1670 - 245 inhabitants 1850 - 552 inhabitants 1900 - 481 inhabitants 1950 - 503 inhabitants 1980 - 632 inhabitants 2000 - 1,559 inhabitants

In 1591, the church of Saint-Ambroise became a vice-parish. It was previously part of the parish of Saint-Pierre de Pambio. In 1696, the oratory of Saint-Antoine (Cadepiano) was tied to the Carona parish. During the 3rd quarter of the 17th century, the Saint-François oratory (Figino) was established. Between 1891-1895, the church of Saint-Charles was established.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Barbengo can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Barbengo 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)