Sala Capriasca Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Sala Capriasca 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 Sala Capriasca is in the Ticino canton and is located in the middle of the Capriasca valley. It included the Sala, Bigorio, Lelgio and Pezzolo hamlets.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Sala Capriasca can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Sala Capriasca 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)