Newbie - Need address in Sicily

[gemellua]

Ciao tutti!

I'm new here. I'm getting ready to send a letter to
Sciara, Sicily for records. is the address I've written
below correct?

L’Ufficiale Di Anagrafe
Comune Di Sciara
90020 Sciara (PA)
Italy

I took it from www.mangeruca.com site. That site also list -
ARCHIVIO DI STATO along with the L'Ufficiale Di Anagrafe
adress. What is the difference?

Thanks!

[nazca]

Hi and wellcome to the forum,

Archivio di stato (state archive) is the office where all documents are stored (birth, married, death, military records and so on).
"Ufficiale di Stato Civile / Anagrafe" is the clerk officer of the city hall responsible of vital records. In a little town like Sciara (2.400 citizens) it is possible that "archivio di Stato" and "Vital records" are in the same office.

The correct address is :
Ufficio Anagrafe
piazza Castel Reale
90020 Sciara (PA)
Italy


This is the official website (only in italian):

http://www.comune.sciara.pa.it/

Best regards

[gemellua]

Thank you nazca!

I have another question - If I know the year of birth for my relative,
but not the death (since they died after 1910), will the city hall clerk
still be able to suppy me with a death certificate?

[nazca]

Hi,
this is a good question...

it is possible (this is what i do for my genealogical tree) but it depend if you have exactly name of his parents and a possible date of death (for example 1910-1920) . I don't know if Civil records in Sciara are indexed (maybe is an old book) but it is a very small town and if city hall clerk have time to dedicate to you , he'll find your relatives. You can try ...

if you have another question ......

best regards

[gemellua]

Ciao nazca,

Thanks a lot for your help!

I do know the exact names of parents to the majority of my
Sciara families. Your example (1910-1920) makes good sense.

I have to bug you with another question please –
Regarding my parental great-great-grandfather: I know who
his parents were but do not know if he had any siblings.
How would I find this out?

[nazca]

Hi (what's your name?),

[align=justify]the only way to know if they had siblings is a "sequential" search in birth records done by clerk . I requested this certificate of birth in some small town but i send the name of the parents and their date of birth or other informations, asking if it possible to search siblings of this married couple in a range of years (from marriage to next 30 years for example).
I hope you find a hopefully clerk in Sciara, like i found him in the past, who answer to your questions (better in italian).
if you have another question .....

have a nice day [/align]

[gemellua]

nazca,

Thank you for the information! This is fantastic! I'm so
excited - I can't wait to write my letters and send them
off!! You rock nazca!

My name is Cathy. Is nazca a nick name or
just a screen name? Do you have ancestors in
Sciara???

[nazca]

Hi Cathy,
Nazca is a nickname , a little town in Peru where i left my haerat and my mind....I think i dont have ancestors in Sciara, my genealogical tree start from 18th century and i have found birth records in Palermo and other other province. Take a look to my website (just a link below) is under construction but there are some informations about my family. i hope you'll find civil records like me. Where you live?

best regards.