Pollegio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Pollegio 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, Pollegio has an area of 5.89 square kilometers (2.27 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Leventina district. It includes the village of Pollegio and the hamlet of Pasquerio.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 16.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 67.1% - forested
 * 10.4% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.7% - rivers or lakes
 * 7.1% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Pollegio was in 1237 as Poleccio/Puletio, though this comes from an 18th-century copy of the original document. It was mentioned again in 1256 as de Polecci.

The population history of Pollegio is: 1567 - 50 fireplaces 1602 - 316 inhabitants 1745 - 279 inhabitants 1850 - 468 inhabitants 1900 - 531 inhabitants 1950 - 483 inhabitants 2000 - 723 inhabitants 2010 - 807 inhabitants

In the Middle Ages Pollegio was part of to the Vicinanza of Giornico. The village church was belonged to the Bodio parish (another member of the Vicinanza of Giornico) until 1602, when it became an independent parish. The Church of Santi Innocenti was constructed after the Battle of Giornico (which took place in 1478), in memory of the fallen. It was restored in the 17th century, in 1840 and in 1990

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Pollegio can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Pollegio 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)