Help reading 18th century church records

[lcafarel]

Can anyone point me to a good resource for learning to read 18th century Italian church records? Becoming familiar with the format and the abbreviations are the major issues; I can tackle the Latin.

Thanks.

Lesley

[adelfio]

Watch this video Basic Italian Research it starts slow but watch it all it goes into church records

PG LINK
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter ... 22Italy%22

Also Trafford Coles book Italian Genealogical records will help you

Marty

[Tessa78]

Becoming familiar with the format and the abbreviations are the major issues;

Here is a link to Ecclesiastical Abbreviations

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01022a.htm

T.

[lcafarel]

Thanks, Marty and Tessa.