Pregassona Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Pregassona 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 Pregassona is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located on the left bank of the Cassarate and extends to Mount Boglia. Pregassona included the Sala, Viarnetto and Pazzalino hamlets. Pregassona forms a quarter of Lugano city.

History
In 1222, Pregassona was first mentioned with the name of Pregasona. Pregassona is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Pregassona merged into the Lugano municipality on 24 November 2003. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Breganzona
 * Cureggia
 * Davesco-Soragno
 * Gandria
 * Pambio-Noranco
 * Pazzallo
 * Viganello

The population history of Pregassona is: 1670 - 464 inhabitants 1850 - 464 inhabitants 1900 - 652 inhabitants 1950 - 1,204 inhabitants 1970 - 3,633 inhabitants 2000 - 7,354 inhabitants

In 1222, the Church of St. Mary was first mentioned. It was modified in the 16th century and then restored in 1954, 1961 and 2000. In 1468, the parish of Pregassona was created and extended to Cureggia.

Church Records
The parish of Pregassona included the filial church of Pazzalino.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Pregassona can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Pregassona 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)