Aurigeno Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Aurigeno 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
Aurigeno municipality had an area of 11.04 km² and was located in the Vallemaggia district. . The village is on the right side of the valley floor along with the hamlets of Terra di Fuori and Ronchini.

Maggia's municipal borders were created in 2004 when the following municipalities were united:
 * Aurigeno
 * Giumaglio
 * Maggia
 * Moghegno
 * Lodano
 * Someo

History
The first mention of Aurigeno is in 1276 as Urigeno.

The population history of Aurigeno is: 1591 - 65 hearths 1709 - 398 inhabitants 1801 - 302 inhabitants 1850 - 297 inhabitants 1900 - 219 inhabitants 1950 - 214 inhabitants 1970 - 127 inhabitants 2000 - 372 inhabitants

In the Middle Ages, Aurigeno formed a community with Lodano and Moghegno. Before the 16th century, Aurigeno divided from the parish of Maggia together with Lodano and Moghegno, which became independent parishes in the 17th century. Built around 1761,the parish church of Saint Bartolomeo is an extension of a chapel from the 12th to 13th centuries and contains valuable frescoes from 1866 by the local painter Giovanni Antonio Vanoni.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Aurigeno can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Aurigeno 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)