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 1241, Vaglio was first mentioned as Valio and Vallio. From 1289, Vaglio is mentioned as a municipality. The municipality of Campestro (neighboring) was incorporated into Tesserete in 1976. Tesserete merged into a new municipality of Capriasca in 2001. 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 Vaglio is: 1574 - 260 inhabitants 1638 - 214 inhabitants 1779 - 230 inhabitants 1850 - 236 inhabitants 1900 - 220 inhabitants 1950 - 210 inhabitants 2000 - 496 inhabitants

Spiritually, Vaglio has always depended on the Tesserete parish. In 1916, the Saints Anthony of Padua, Jacques and Philippe church was built. It shows the Art Nouveau style and includes neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque elements. In 1639, the oratory of the Madonna of Casletto was built on the foundation of an old church from 1577.

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)