Dongio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Dongio 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 Dongio is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. The municipality includes the Marogno and Motto hamlets. Dongio is located at the elevation of 481 meters along the road to Olivone.

History
In 1188, Dongio was first mentioned with the name of Deuci. Dongio is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. Dongio merged into the municipality of Acquarossa on 8 October 2003. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Castro
 * Corzoneso
 * Largario
 * Leontica
 * Lottigna
 * Marolta
 * Ponto Valentino
 * Prugiasco

The population history of Dongio is: 1682 - 532 inhabitants 1808 - 391 inhabitants 1860 - 402 inhabitants 1900 - 488 inhabitants 1950 - 438 inhabitants 1990 - 440 inhabitants 2000 - 423 inhabitants 2003 - 441 inhabitants

In 1205, the Luc and Florent parish church was mentioned. In 1758, it was buried under a landside that affected the village. In 1763, a new church was built. In 1293, the oratory of Saint-Pierre in Motto was mentioned.

Census
See Ticino Census Records for more information.

1808 Census

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection; index and images; enumeration of males only
 * Dongio Census Browseable Images(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Dongio 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)