I’ve got Antonio Minasi from Scilla circa 1850 in my family tree. I wonder if I’m a distant cousin of your partner


Oh that's really cool if so! Where is your family tree located? Mine is on Ancestry and MyHeritage (although that one might need an update). My partner has done a DNA test which is ...

Yes I also used Italian surnames map and came up short. I didn't even consider looking at FamilySearch (I use the site too but haven't ever found much when searching for names in my tree). That's brilliant, thank you again. I'm pretty sure my mother-in-law mentioned Scilla at some point in our ...

WOW. How on earth did you find that? What made you pick Scilla as the location? Thank you so much!!

I'm struggling finding records for a married couple in my partner's family tree. I suspect they were born and married in a different town than where all their children were born...

The people in question are:
Antonio Minasi (born abt. 1853) and his wife Fortunata Franco .

Their eldest child that ...

I had a look, but it might just be a coincidence! It was a Saturday, which was probably a popular day to be married. Not sure if there was a festival going on in the town at the time.
Always interesting when you come across things like this

Hi cedrone, sorry for late response! I will pm you now, thank you again!

Thank you very much! You are too kind.
And yes, I understand why you would look at their websites.

Ahh I see, that makes sense I think

I also wouldn't worry about asking for a translation into English. I've done pretty well reading the records on Antenati (I know little Italian but it's not too hard to figure out, and Google Translate has helped)

I'll write later with a sample text of the request, in Italian (it is better).
Where did you find the names of the comuni and the persons you want to ask about?
Have you used the most used websites, Family Search and Antenati?
Here you find the photos of the pages of the original registers ...

I'll give you details later.
Please tell me in which Country you are and your purpose,
you need a photo of the register (as those on Family Search) to study the genealogy of the family or a certificate to be used for administrative use (request of cizenship, or other use in your Country) or both ...

Oh, and is it better to write an email asking whether they can provide documents BEFORE I give them a list of all the people I want etc? I dunno how it works over there.

Ciao a tutti

I've been wanting to write to several comuni in Calabria for a while now, to request records for my boyfriend's family tree (he's the Italian one!) that are not on Antenati - they will be from the 1900s, albeit people who are deceased. It's unlikely we'll be visiting Italy any time ...

rp76226 wrote: 31 Jan 2022, 18:39 I don't speak or know the Italian language; just some key words and numbers.

Google Translate is your friend.

Plus there's lots of pictures in those instructions.

Yep, found their marriage in 1829, Giffone!

No, however I came across a FamilySearch record that said Giuseppe's father was from Giffone . And I've just found Rosaria's birth registration from Giffone!!! Amazing... Finally!

I'm now wondering whether Giuseppe and Catarina were married in Giffone too (and moved to Cinquefrondi later where they ...