Brusino Arsizio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Brusino Arsizio 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, Brusino Arsizio has an area of 4.04 square kilometers (1.56 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district along the road from punta di Poiana (in Riva San Vitale) along Lake Lugano to the Italian border at Porto Ceresio. It includes the village of Brusino Arsizio and the settlements of Finate and Serpiano.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 7.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 89.6% - forested
 * 7.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.0% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.2% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Brusino Arsizio was in 1167 as Bruxia.

The population history of Brusino Arsizio is: 1591 - 130 inhabitants 1635 - 89 inhabitants 1670 - 157 inhabitants 1850 - 291 inhabitants 1900 - 321 inhabitants 1950 - 326 inhabitants 2000 - 454 inhabitants

In the 8th Century the Totoniden family of Campione d'Italia owned land in the village. Around 1227, the monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan also owned property and built a tower or another fortification to help support the fortifications of Campione. In 1671, the fortification was recorded as Castrum Brugini Arsitii. The parish church of San Michele, which was built during the era of the Lombard kings, separated in 1508 from the mother church of Riva San Vitale.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Brusino Arsizio can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Brusino Arsizio 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)