Monreale records on FamilySearch

[vj]

New on the FamilySearch Pilot Site
13 May 2009
Just added:

Italy, Palermo, Monreale Diocese Church Records, 1530-1919 (images only)
6% complete

[JamesBianco]

WOW!!! That is the diocese for my town of Carini.

Thanks for the heads up Valarie, this is exiting.

[suanj]

great! thank you vj!
hugs,
suanj

[vj]

Hello James & suanj !
Although they are only 6% complete - it's still really exciting to see these records online.
James, fingers crossed that they get to Carini soon.
Valarie

[JamesBianco]

Italian online genealogy has grown in leaps and bounds the last couple years after a decade of almost nothing. The coolest part is that so many people who have no LDS access and can't travel are now able to use primary source records to trace their heritage. That's what I tried to do for Carini, give everyone access, and a lot of other people are doing the same thing.

[wldspirit]

You've made a fantastic contribution to genealogy research James.....
and with Nuccia and the other team members providing even more online records, I only wish my town of origin fell into one of the towns transcribed!!!
Lee

Calabria Exchange

[vj]

FamilySearch Pilot
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/rec ... 7819#start

There's a notice today that they've updated their records
Valarie
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They've listing the following records (no indication how complete though):

Italy, Palermo Province, Monreale Diocese, Catholic Church Records 1530-1919
(images only):

Altofonte: Parrochia di Santa Maria d'Altofonte
Balestrate: Parrochia di Sant'Anna
Bisacquino: Parrochia di San Giovanni Battista
Campofiorito: Parrochia di San Giuseppe Sposo di Maria Santissima
Camporeale: Parrochia di Sant'Antonio di Padova
Rocca Monreale (frazione di Palermo): Parrochia de Sant Maria la Reale

[defilip1]

FamilySearch Pilot
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/rec ... 7819#start

There's a notice today that they've updated their records
Valarie
---

They've listing the following records (no indication how complete though):

Italy, Palermo Province, Monreale Diocese, Catholic Church Records 1530-1919
(images only):

Altofonte: Parrochia di Santa Maria d'Altofonte
Balestrate: Parrochia di Sant'Anna
Bisacquino: Parrochia di San Giovanni Battista
Campofiorito: Parrochia di San Giuseppe Sposo di Maria Santissima
Camporeale: Parrochia di Sant'Antonio di Padova
Rocca Monreale (frazione di Palermo): Parrochia de Sant Maria la Reale

I have been pouring through these records on line since June, 2009, especially for "Parrochia de_Rocca_Sant Maria la Reale" and they really are something special. Question. Does anyone know of a map of the Monreale Archdiocese (diocese?) and the various parish boundaries w/ the names of the various churches and towns/villages? It will help me greatly to decide how to tackle this. Also, I am slowly putting together an index cross-referencing the year, the entry number, the corresponding Catalogue sequence for file download, and the corresponding Catalogue file name that may be of some help to others. And lastly, if anyone knows of the location of the Costa family of Monreale in these records, please let me know. In specific I am trying to find the marriage information for Anna Salamone and Benedetto Costa, circa 1840, plus or minus a few years. Thanks all.

[PeterTimber]

The churches in the Monreale Dioceses include the following:
Santa Maria La Reale (Chiesa madre in Rocca-suburb of Palermo)
Santa Croce (Rocca-suburb of Palermo)
San Gioacchino(Rocca-suburb of Palermo)
San Antonioo di Padova(Rocca-suburb of Palermo)

=Peter=

[defilip1]

Thanks Peter... are there any you know of in Monreale proper?

[JamesBianco]

You will find a list of all the Comune which are part of the Monreale Diocese here:

Monreale Diocese

click on "PARROCCHIE"


The towns currently listed on The Family Search labs site cited above are what the LDS church has uploaded so far. When complete, it will include the entire Diocese. (88 Parishes) Currently they are at 6% of the entire collection uploaded to FamilySearch Labs.

We are fortunate with Sicily, that these church records were filmed very recently (2001-2007) as the towns currently included in the diocese were ALSO a part at the time of filming.

[defilip1]

Thanks! I had already checked out that site but wondered if there was an asociated map someplace. On the link you referred have "Maps - Currently undergoing revisions for enhanced accessibility, please look forward to its return.

"Thank you none-the-less! Cheers.

[PeterTimber]

For Monreale proper (Comune of Monreale....www.nonsolocap.it) go to www.parrocchie.it for the entire listing of 26 parish churches. Just type in MONREALE in the right hand section for Citta. =Peter=

[JamesBianco]

Maybe this will help, there 88 Parish churches in Monreale Diocese. This is a map of the towns included, many towns (My Carini included) contain several Catholic churches.

Map of Monreale Diocese

[defilip1]

Nice... very helpful. I've been looking for that for a whilw. Thank you! And, if any of you run across any info on the marriage of Anna Salamone and Benedetto Costa of Monreale, circa 1840, please send it my way. Cheers.