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Do you have reasonably complete info regarding dates and places of birth?DeliatheCrone wrote:Where should I look to find information about ancestors who might have served in the Italian military before world war I? Specifically ancestors from Abruzzo.
In Italy, all men served in the military unless they were physically unable to or were exempt for other reasons. If your ancestors were present in Italy between the ages of roughly 18 - 25, it is almost a certainty that records exist.DeliatheCrone wrote:I have no information that any ancestors served in the Italian military. But I'd like to know if there is a list of names anywhere, that I can check against my ancestors.
The Regione of Abruzzo contains four separate provinces each of which is made up of many comuni. Since archives are held at the provincial level, you will need to determine which of the four (Chieti, L'Aquila, Pescara, or Teramo) to write to.DeliatheCrone wrote:I notice that the address in the thread you mention is in Bari. Do the records held there contain the names of men from Abruzzo? Or only in Bari?
You can write (or try email) to both - they normally don't charge if no records are located and even when they do locate records, the charge is typically only a few Euro.DeliatheCrone wrote:Most of my ancestors are from the area now known as Pescara, in varying towns. However, several years back the same towns were considered part of Chieti, not Pescara. Is that going to be a problem?