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This is the first time I have posted so forgive me if I am in the wrong place.
I am interested in finding my more info on my Italian ancesters one was
Luigi Marius Casar Isodore Curti , birthplace Turin a musician . The other is Antony Berry only Italy stated as birthplace.
Would like to find more info also are there Italian census
Sue
Dear suedaydreamer in Italy records and documents are normally found inthe city,town or village of origin so whenyou say Turin=Torino I shudder! unless you know exactly that this city is his birth place. Please advise.
Try www.findmypast.com for name checks (free ) since it is a paying website and maybe worth while if you come across their names and also www.freeBMD.org/uk andtry google using the name,genealogy and Italy in the title for any research ever done on these two personalities.
Please get back with what results you come up with. =Peter=
The 1881 Census says that he was born in Turin in about 1832, and that he was indeed a Musician by trade.
If you can gain access to Ancestry World Membership (should be avaliable in your local library), there are plenty of Luigi Curti's on record in the database - "Como and Lecco, Lombardia, Italy, Civil Registration Records, 1866-1937 (in Italian)"
Oh I forgot to mention that he married in1855 and then died in 1885in pancras at age 53 since he was born in 1832. Happy New Year and pleasant dreams. =Peter=
Other Information:
Birth Year <1832>
Birthplace Turin (F), Italy
Age 49
Occupation Musician
Marital Status M <Married>
Head of Household Luigi CURTI
Relation Head
Disability
Source Information:
Dwelling 44 Bolsover St
Census Place London, Middlesex, England
Family History Library Film 1341031
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0137 / 97
Page Number 1
As a nation state, Italy has emerged only in 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a large number of independant cities, provinces and islands. The currently available evidences point out to a dominant Etruscan, Greek and Roman cultural influence on today's Italians. The earlies...
