Frasco Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Frasco 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
Frasco is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton along the Verzasca Valley road. Frasco has an area of 25.72 km² (9.93 square miles). The average elevation is 880 meters (2,890 feet). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 1.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 43.3% - forested
 * 0.9% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.9% - rivers & lakes
 * 47.0% - non-productive

History
In 1235, Frasco was first mentioned as Felasco. Frasco was part of the greater Vicinanza of Verzasca during the Middle Ages. A single political municipality was created in 1395 with Sonogno. It continued until 1843. Frasco merged into a new municipality of Verzasca on 17 October 2020. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Brione (Verzasca)
 * Corippo
 * Sonogno
 * Vogorno

The population history of Frasco is: 1626 - 550 inhabitants 1850 - 445 inhabitants 1900 - 345 inhabitants 1950 - 128 inhabitants 1990 - 57 inhabitants 2000 - 100 inhabitants 2010 - 105 inhabitants 2019 - 107 inhabitants

In the 14th Century, the church of St. Bernhard was built. In 1868-1869, the present church was built on the foundations of the old building. In 1518, Sonogno and Frasco formed their own parish (separating from Vogomo parish) which lasted until 1734.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Frasco can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Frasco 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)