Thanks Ann. So another question: if he came from the area and not the city, is there anywhere else I can write to about locating records for him?

kerrymck

Hi, could some kind person help me please with a letter I have received from the Comune di Genova? I wrote asking for a copy of my great grandfather's (Giovanni Abba) birth certificate and ttheir reply was that there was no record of him in "liste di leva militare della citta di Genova (1814-165) e ...