Thanks so much for your response. The John Battistoni you reference is yet another John/Giovanni in my tree, son of Bortolo Battistoni of Brenzone, Italy. Husband of Angelina Bertuzzi.

I'm not sure if it's correct, but the birth date I have for the Giovanni Battista Battistoni I originally posted ...

Hi all,

I'm forever trying to straighten out the many Giovanni Battista Battistoni's that I have in my tree - all from the Lake Garda area - Castelletto, Magugnano, Marniga, & San Zeno di Montagna are specific locations that I've come across.

This particular Giovanni Battistoni is the son of ...

According to his WWI Draft Registration (12 Sep 1918) on Ancestry.com, Cosimo Caruso of 774 Madison Ave, Bridgeport, CT was born in Italy 5 May 1881. His wife is listed as Carmela Caporaso Caruso.

Thanks, Tessa. I've upgraded my Ancestry.com account and have access to the records now. It doesn't look like they're indexed, so I've been browsing the "Atti di Nascita". Easy enough to do when I know the birth date.

Unless there's a search function and I'm missing it...

Thank you, Marty.

I did find it but don't see how I can search by surname. I only have a subscription to the US databases so I imagine that's the problem.

Am I understanding this correctly - Ancestry.com has birth, marriage, & death records from Avigliano? I've looked in the card catalog and haven't seen any.

Thanks,
Lisa

Hi Margaret,

I just came across your post today. I was wondering if you had any luck with the Brenzone civil records. For years, I've been telling myself I need to look at those but the information I had didn't go back far enough. I just found out that my g-g-ggrandfather was Giovanni Battistoni ...