adelfio wrote: 08 May 2018, 15:20 Records are held at comune level so you can look them up in person as long as you have the year (date)

Marty

Thanks Marty!

Does that mean that I can't just go in there and look through the books for people like I do on Family Search? Or am I able to do this?

Hey all.

I will be traveling to Italy in less than 2 weeks. There does not seem to be many records online after 1910, but I notice that one of my communes has some records up to 1950. Does this mean that I might be able to look at records up until that point at other communes in person....and that ...

Hey all.

So I'm in a bit of a bind here and I'm wondering if I could have some recommendations. I hired a researcher who has been able to locate many of my living relatives in Italy.

Unfortunately, one of great grandmother's more interesting brothers has only one living descendant. It turns out ...

All nice in extensive preparation but not at all necessary. I walked into the office of the commune in Abruzzo, presented my American ID and obtained a copy of my grand-father's birth certificate. Next the sindaco picked up the phone and called my father's first cousin and I was at his home having ...

tried everything as i said. the lds films and countless letters of inquiry. my only hope would be to actually connect with another researcher seeking the same records for the same people. highly unlikely. a needle in a haystack.


Have you tried either hiring a researcher or physically going to ...

as i've spent the last 20 years trying to find the following death records,using all available means and methods,my only hope is that someone out there connected to these subjects may be able to help. i know its like looking for a needle in a haystack,but i'm totally out of alternatives. i've done ...

This is patently late for Mark's visit, and I'm not always clear on how active old threads remain. Nonetheless, perhaps useful for someone in some way. This year my family visited Sicily for the first time. I wanted my first impression to not be too shabby, and since I couldn't be clear about how ...

Older sister Maria Antonia was born in April 1885.
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http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Reggio+Calabria/Stato+civile+italiano/Catona/Nati/1885/007695905_01079.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=0

And died 15 days later...
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http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v ...

This may help to clear up the mystery of who "Francesco Nunzio" is. :D

Here is the marriage in 1884 of Francesco Nunziato Barberi and Maria Romeo
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Dated 17 July 1884
Francesco Nunziato Barberi, 40, laborer born in Catona, residing Catone; son of deceased Domenico , and of deceased Maria ...

This is most likely a mistake. The online record lists his name as "Nunzio Barberi". Not sure where the commune is getting "Francesco Nunzio" from.

From what I can tell, this was the couple's first son. Nunzio Sr.'s father was named Domenico. In keeping with Italian naming traditions, this is ...

The USCIS is a mess.

I ordered naturalization records for multiple ancestors (one for dual citizenship, others just to get pictures of ancestors).

The first one that I ordered has still not arrived, but the other 3 have, including one that I ordered earlier this month. All went through a FOIA.

I found my Italian cousins and just recently met them in their hometown of Vicari, Italy last May!
We brought a translator who picked us up from the airport and drove us to their house.
It was an amazing experience they greeted us with open arms and of course a kiss on each cheek.. lol
My ...

carubia wrote: 28 Aug 2017, 07:43 Not necessarily. The pre-1866 (or pre-1862 in some places) records were transferred to the State Archives, but the post-1866 records may still be at the courthouse.

Thanks!

Thanks for the info. Can you post a link? I don't see any collections of Riveli on familysearch.org.


Here is a link to my primary ancestral commune: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/751476?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Just click on the camera. You will need to go to a ...

I went to order one on Saturday to hit the August 31 deadline for microfilms. To my amazement, the records for ALL of my ancestral are online (though only accessible from Family History Centers).

Needless to say, I'm counting down the minutes until I'm able to go next (on Tuesday after work ...