Roveredo, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Roveredo, 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 former municipality of Roveredo is in the Ticino canton and is located in the upper Capriasca valley on the right side of the Val Colla entrance. It included the Sala, Bigorio, Lelgio and Pezzolo hamlets.

History
Roveredo merged into a new municipality of Capriasca in 2001. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Cagiallo
 * Lopagno
 * Sala Capriasca
 * Tesserete
 * Vaglio

The population history of Roveredo is: 1574 - 113 inhabitants 1638 - 70 inhabitants 1850 - 73 inhabitants 1900 - 95 inhabitants 1950 - 88 inhabitants 2000 - 126 inhabitants

The Saint-Bernard-de-Clairvaux oratory was first mentioned in 1403. Roveredo has always belonged to the Tesserete parish.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Roveredo can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Roveredo prior to 1900, 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)