Cugnasco Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cugnasco 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
Cugnasco is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton on the outskirts of the Magadino valley. Villages included are Boscioredo, Bosco, Massarescio, Medoscio, Moncucco, Pianrestello and Sciarana. Until 2009, Cugnasco was an independent municipality when it merged to form Cugnasco-Gerra.

History
In 1374, Cugnasco was first mentioned as Cunyascho. Cugnasco merged into a new municipality of Cugnasco-Gerra on 1 January 2009.

The population history of Cugnasco is: 1591 - 285 inhabitants 1760 - 325 inhabitants 1801 - 279 inhabitants 1850 - 349 inhabitants 1900 - 433 inhabitants 1950 - 473 inhabitants 1960 - 428 inhabitants 1990 - 821 inhabitants 2000 - 1,120 inhabitants 2007 - 1,376 inhabitants

In the 15th century, the Chapel of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie was built and is now a heritage site. It was part of a Servite monastery until 1653. In 1635 to 1656, the Saint Joseph Church was built and it later became a parish center. The chapel of San Marino (Ditto) and the SS Cristoforo e Anna (Curogna) date from the 14th and 15th century.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cugnasco can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cugnasco 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)