Ludiano Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Ludiano 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 Ludiano is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. It is located in the lower Blenio valley on the right side. Ludiano (as of 1997) has an area of 6.19 km² (2.39 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 8.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 77.7% - forested
 * 4.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.1% - rivers or lakes
 * 6.3% - non-productive

History
In 1211, Ludiano was first mentioned with the name of Luguilano. Ludiano is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. Ludiano merged into the Serravalle municipality on 15 March 2011. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Malvaglia
 * Semione

The population history of Ludiano is: 1567 - 250 inhabitants 1808 - 291 inhabitants 1850 - 389 inhabitants 1900 - 294 inhabitants 1950 - 242 inhabitants 2000 - 291 inhabitants 2010 - 349 inhabitants 2011 - 355 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 79.0% were Roman Catholic
 * 6.5% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 10.0% belong to another church

In 1293, the parish church of Saint-Second was mentioned. It was rebuilt between 1779 to 1782.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Ludiano can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Ludiano 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)