Searching for Tabacchi in Sottocastello di Cadore, Belluno,

[garyfranco]

Hello all,
I could not figure out how to reply to an individual post, so excuse me blasting everyone.
I am descended from both the Tabacchi and Ciotti families in Sottocostello di Cadore.

Many of the people mentioned in the post are in either my family tree or the tree of my cousin who lives Sottocostello di Cadore and is from a branch of the family.

Perhaps I can fill in some missing blanks for some of you as my tree goes back to 1755.

[raes]

Hello GaryFranco, nice to meet you.
I did a "quick reply" a while back, but I see it went nowhere, so you are not the only one who does not quite know how this site works.

I have a tree on Ancestry Family Tree Maker under "Suttie Tabacchi Family Tree".

I would like to find more about when, how and why Martino Carlo Luigi Tabacchi (Merlo) left Italy and went to Venezuela. He supposidly married my Grandmother there and I am not sure if her name was really Lucia Maria Rufio, or Lucia Maria Tabacchi as her death certificate says her father was John Tabacchi. We had always heard her surname was Rufio. He then came to the USA in 1905 and joined family in Oklahoma.

It would be nice to find a way to get the church records at the Lady Carmen of Barcellona Catholic Church, but according to my uncle Wayne (who is no longer with us) I understand the church burned down. Thanks to Mia Pia and her husband Angelo, we are back to:
Agostino (Merlo) TABACCHI born 1765, Sottocastello di Cadore, Belluno, Veneto, Italy married: 28 Mar 1795, to:
Caterina CIOTTI born 28 Nov 1768, Sottocastello di Cadore, Belluno, Veneto, Italy

Any information, or family story you can add would be greatly appricated.
Rae Suttie Tabacchi