Golino Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Golino 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.



Golino is part of the municipality of Intragna.

Geography
The Community of Golino is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton. The village of Gilino is part of the Centovalli municipality, along with the villages of Bordei, Borgnone, Calezzo, Camedo, Corcapolo con Salmina, Costa sopra Borgnone, Costa sopra Intragna, Cremaso, Cresto, Golino, Intragna, Lionza, Monadello, Moneto, Palagnedra, Pila, Rasa, Verdasio con Bolle e Sassalto and Vosa. Golino is located in the Centovalli valley which was carved out by the Melezza river to form a hundred adjoining valleys. Centovalli means 100 valleys.

Golino is listed as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

History
Golino, together with Intragna and Verdasio, was part of a Vicinanza. In 1365, the first statutes were written for the Vicinanza. They were revised in 1469. In the 18th and 19th centuries, attempts of Golino to form an independent municipality failed.

In 1297, the Church of San Giorgio (Saint George) in Golino was built and acted as the religious center of the region. In 1653, the chapel of Saint-Gothard in Intragna (built in 1474) split from the Golino parish to form its own parish.

Since 1970, Golino and Intragna have grown in size due to the prozimity to Locarno.

Locations within Golino
See Intragna for more information.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Golino can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Golino 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)