Tesserete Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Tesserete 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 former municipality of Tesserete is in the Ticino canton and is located in the middle of the Capriasca valley.

History
In 1289, Tesserete was first mentioned as Tesserario. The municipality of Campestro (neighboring) was incorporated into Tesserete on 26 November 1974. Tesserete merged into a new municipality of Capriasca on 6 June 2000. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Cagiallo
 * Lopagno
 * Roveredo
 * Sala Capriasca
 * Vaglio

In 2008, additional merging was done with the following localities:
 * Bidogno
 * Corticiasca
 * Lugaggia

The population history of Tesserete is: 1574 - 64 inhabitants 1850 - 96 inhabitants 1900 - 255 inhabitants 1950 - 581 inhabitants 1980 - 1,249 inhabitants 2000 - 1,424 inhabitants

First mentioned in 1078, the Saint-Etienne church operated in this community.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Tesserete can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Tesserete prior to 1900, 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)