Faido Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Faido 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.



This 2007 map shows Faido after it had been merged with Calonico, Chiggiogna, and Rossura.

Geography
The city and municipality of Faido is in the Leventina district and the Ticino canton. It is the capital of the Leventina district. It is located at the gorges of Monte Piottino in the center of the Leventina valley. The area of Faido has grown with multiple mergers of other municipalities.
 * 2006 - Chiggiogna, Rossura, and Calonico were added
 * 2012 - Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Chironico, Mairengo and Osco were added
 * 2016 - Sobrio was added

Faido has an area of 25.4 km² (9.8 square miles). The land use (1997) was divided up as follows:
 * 3.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 9.3% - forested
 * 3.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.3% - rivers & lakes
 * 0.2% - non-productive

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Faido can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Faido 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)