Bruzella Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Comologno 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, Bruzella has an area of 3.44 square kilometers (1.33 sq mi). The village is situated in the Mendrisio district on a terrace along the left side of the Valle di Muggio.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 10.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 87.2% - forested
 * 1.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.9% - unproductive land

On 25 October 2009, the following municipalities merged into the municipality of Breggia:
 * Bruzella
 * Cabbio
 * Caneggio
 * Morbio Superiore
 * Muggio
 * Sagno

History
The first mention of Bruzella was in 852 as Brusella.

The population history of Bruzella is: 1671 - 148 inhabitants 1723 - 131 inhabitants 1769 - 162 inhabitants 1801 - 150 inhabitants 1850 - 200 inhabitants 1900 - 247 inhabitants 1950 - 186 inhabitants 1990 - 149 inhabitants 2000 - 183 inhabitants

Until 1609, it was united territorially with Monte and until 1649, it was part of the parish of Caneggio. The Church of San Siro is first mentioned in 1579, was remodeled and enlarged in the 18th century and restored in 1973.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Bruzella can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bruzella 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)