Bogno Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Bogno 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 municipality of Bogno is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located in the upper Colla valley below the San Lucio Pass and at the merging of streams that form the Cassarate River. Bogno has an area of 4.2 km² (1.6 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 6.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 53.7% - forested
 * 3.1% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 6.7% - non-productive

History
In the 13th century, Bogno was first mentioned with the name of Bonio. Bogno is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Bogno started as a seasonal herding camp and grew into a permanent settlement. Bogno merged into the Lugano municipality on 14 April 2013. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Cadro
 * Carona
 * Certara
 * Cimadera
 * Sonvico
 * Vacallo

The population history of Bogno is: 1591 - 20 Hearths 1786 - 254 inhabitants 1828 - 250 inhabitants 1850 - 261 inhabitants 1871 - 412 inhabitants 1900 - 225 inhabitants 1950 - 147 inhabitants 1990 - 122 inhabitants 2000 - 93 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 83.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 3.2% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 10.8% belong to another church

In 1591, the Saint-Roch church was first mentioned. It was renovated in 1780. In 1811, Bogno separated from Colla parish.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Bogno can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Bogno 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)