Church records from Trento area

[Maestranzi]

Dear, Ricbru

My name is Anthony Maestranzi. I am trying to locate some very old documents of my great Grandfather and Grandmother who were both from Giustino, Trento Italy. I need to find their birth certificates and marriage certificate. They were not only born in Giustino but also married there. More importantly i need to find out information about my Great Grandfather and when he went to the U.S. I know he went in 1922, but not exactly what date and maybe what ship he went on or who he went with? I need this information because I am trying to get an Italian passport to see if i can come live and work in Italy. In order for me to do this I need these documents and also to know if he was naturalized or if he ever gave up his Italian Citizenship. My great grandfathers name is Giustino Maestranzi. He was born Jan 7, 1901 and married Jan 14, 1928. My great Grandmothers name is Domenica Maestranzi. She was born on May 15, 1901. Any kind of information you could give me would be great.

Sincerly,

Anthony Maestranzi

[ricbru]

Dear Anthony,
you can request their birth and marriage record to

http://www.mondotrentino.net/eng/pat/genealogic.htm

or rent to mormon church microfilms of Giustino (church records)

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... lesiastici++

You can request his ship record to NARA Archive in Washington, DC.
Fill NARA 81 form and for a fee of $ 18 you can have the copy of menifest ship.


http://www.archives.gov/research/order/

Also you can request if ever naturalized to

http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/natura ... cords.html
I hope it helps, bye Riccardo

[KansasCara]

Anthony,
Did you try looking on www.ellisislandrecords.org ? I found several Maestranzi immigrants from Guistino. Are you sure of the birth year and immigration year?
Cara

[Maestranzi]

Can anyone help me? I am looking for some family history of my great grandparents who were born in Giustino. Trento Italy. they were both born in 1901. Names: my great grandfather is Giovanni Maestranzi. My great grandmother was born Domenica Maganzini, and later married my great grandfather and became Domenica Maganzini Maestranzi. I am looking for their bith certificates (especially my great grandfathers), and mainly to see if they were considered Austrian or Italian, b/c they were born in the time period when this area was under Austria, and didn't go back to Italian until the end of WWI ( i believe like 1911 or so. If anyone could help me that would be great.

[jcsm400]

Maestranzi,

Do you have the 1930 census information on them? Where did they live?

[Maestranzi]

my great grandfather came to the u.s. in 1928, so in 1930 he was living in Chicago, Il. my great grandmother was still living in Guistino, Trento Italy in 1930.

[brujaojos]

Can anyone help me? I am looking for some family history of my great grandparents who were born in Giustino. Trento Italy. they were both born in 1901. Names: my great grandfather is Giovanni Maestranzi. My great grandmother was born Domenica Maganzini, and later married my great grandfather and became Domenica Maganzini Maestranzi. I am looking for their bith certificates (especially my great grandfathers), and mainly to see if they were considered Austrian or Italian, b/c they were born in the time period when this area was under Austria, and didn't go back to Italian until the end of WWI ( i believe like 1911 or so. If anyone could help me that would be great.

Hi there,

Here is some information for you on your family.

I believe this could be Giovanni's (John) Naturalization papers from NY. Maybe someone on here will be kind and post it for you. Did he have a son named Luigi?

Name: John Maestranzi
Naturalization Date: 09 Apr 1928
Former Nationality: Italy Aus
Title and Location of Court: U S District Court, New York, NY

Here is a manifest of 1936. He was going to Illinois

Name: Giovanni Maestranzi
Arrival Date: 14 Mar 1935
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Genoa, Italy
Ship Name: Conte Di Savoia
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Line: 10
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: 5618
Page Number: 108
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States

The Family History Center does have microfilm for the town of Gustino. It's Chruch records. Here is the link for the film numbers.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... =1&last=50

Here is the link to find the nearest Family History Center.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... et_fhc.asp


Here is the address if you want to write for any Birth, Marriage, or Death Acts of your ancestors.

Ufficio Stato Civile
Comune di Giustino
Via Presanella, 60
38086 Giustino TN
ITALY

Here is a link that will help you translate your letter into Italian.
http://www.circolocalabrese.org/resourc ... civile.asp

Here is the official website of the town.
http://www.comunedigiustino.it/

I hope some of this helps,
Trish

[brujaojos]

Hi Again,

Not sure if you have this information or not. This is death information on John and Domenica.

Name: Domenica Maestranzi
Last Residence: 60631 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America
Born: 15 May 1901
Died: 13 Mar 1993

Name: John Maestranzi
Last Residence: 60646 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America
Born: 7 Jan 1901
Died: Oct 1977

In the 1930 census, these two brothers were living in Chicago. Maybe they are related.

Jim Maestranzi Chicago, Cook, IL abt 1898 Italy Head
Joe Maestranzi Chicago, Cook, IL abt 1895 Brother


The names in Italian are:
Jim would be Vincenzo
Joe would be Giuseppe

I hope this helps too
Trish

[wldspirit]

Here is the naturalization record found by Trish.......

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5172/johnm0gj.gif

wldspirit

[TrentinoJim]

Hi... did you find the information you need? If not the following may be helpful...

I believe you have the information a bit confused, here... Giustino Maestranzi was NOT born on the date given. That is the date of birth of his son Giovanni Maria Primo Maestranzi, (sopranome Tivio....) whose wife was baptized Domenica Emilia Maganzini, sopranome Gnoco. They were married on the date you provided.

Giustino Maestranzi was born on January 01, 1868 in Giustino. His wife was Amelia Ida Costanza Frizzi (sopranome Paciafer), born September 9, 1880.

Let me know if I can be of additional help...

[poletti.corrado]

Ciao, mi chiamo Corrado e ho letto un tuo messaggio del 2005....nella speranza che tu sia ancora a disponibile per le informazioni sui dati genealogici della chiesa trentina, ti chiederei gentilmente di contattarmi all'indirizzo: poletti.corrado@libero.it perchè io possa spedirti direttamente sulla mail i nominativi dei miei parenti di condino ai cui dati vorrei risalire.
Intanto ti porgo i miei saluti e spero di risentirti presto

[Veronesi-Guardini]

Hello

I am looking for records in the towns around Lago di Ledro for a Veronesi family, namely a Luigi Veronesi (born c.1830) He was adopted in Riva del Garda by a Illuminato Guardini, but I don't know when. Is that also something you might be able to find?

Many thanks

Louis

[emaganzini2]

Anthony,
Your great grandmother is my grandfather's sister. My grandfather is Ercole Mahanzini!!!
Liz

[trevisan2]

Impressive!! The FORUM needs to have a section of references. This is a good one.
I am working with a friend that is just begining to research in the Parlo area of Trento.
regards,
Trevisan2

[Sal]

Trevisan,
I see that Parlo is a frazione of Segonzano. It's likely that the Parlo records are contained in the Segonzano microfilms dating to 1634.

Sal
www.trentinoheritage.com