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Brick walls in Isola del Liri come tumbling down
Vincenzo had done all his own research both in the microfilms and in person in the town and parish records but the brick wall was still standing. He asked me for help. He couldn’t find a birth record for an ancestor born about 1819, and two of the five children he had found had the … Read more
Adventures in Canna, Calabria
The adventure began in the train station in Rome where I met with two cousins to take them to the town of birth of their Grandparents. He had spent a lot of time researching their family in the LDS microfilms and the town records with the help of a lawyer cousin in another part of … Read more
Italian Vaction News
Nancy and I explored her ancestry in the town of Piglio where we found her relatives. As an artist she was entranced by the area and is now conducting art classes for tourists. An added bonus thsis year is a cooking class for those who don’t paint. Check it out at http://www.halfmoonartstudio.com/
Civil records for Florence
Technically there are no civil records for Florence before 1870 however there are parish records available for the period 1809 (about) to 1870. The various parishes made second copies of baptismal and marriage records and filed them with the civil authorities.
Annoying the Saints
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2011 in review THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Read more
Heir to Property in Italy?
I believe that the government here is now trying to change the old law that required property to be divided equally among the heirs. This old law meant that even a small property was divided into ‘particelli’ and even by the early 1900′s families were fighting over this division. Too many sons in the … Read more
What’s going on in Ciociara?
If you are planning a trip to this area, in the Province of Frosinone you’ll wnat to check out this site http://www.inciociaria.blogspot.com/ Unfortunately its all in Italian but the dates are there and you will get the idea. Notte Bianca is a festa with shopping and music that goes on all night long. Many are … Read more
Why you can’t find records on microfilm for Rome.
Ancestry has partnered with the Mormons to include many Italian records. When the Mormons did their filming in Italy they negotiated with the State Archives. Most, but not all, cooperated. Rome was one who did not permit filming. Salerno was another. You also need to understand that the civil records kept in most parts of … Read more
