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Family Search adds more Italian Records
If you haven’t been on Family Search for a while then you’re truly missing alot. Family Search has been busy adding new records almost daily including several for the provinces in Italy. Just added this past week:
- L’Aquila – Nati, Matrimoni, Processetti and Morti 1809 – 1865
- Pescara – Atti Diversi, Nati, Matrimoni, Processetti and Morti
- Rieti – Atti Diversi, Nati, Matrimoni, Processetti and Morti
Also added this month:
- Italy, Biella, Borriana, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1938
- Italy, Genova, Chiavari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941
- Italy, Messina, Messina, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1939
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All records available can be accessed through the Europe listing on the Family Search Website.
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From the The White House Blog is the article about
President Obama’s Long Form Birth Certificate
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Family Tree Magazine – Top 40 Blogs for 2011
Family Tree Magazine has named the top 40 Blogs for 2011 as voted on last fall by fellow bloggers. While there were some repeat winners, several new blogs joined the list. The categories this year included Everything Blogs, Cemeteries, Technology Blogs, Heritage Groups, Research Advice, Local & Regional Research, New Blogs and finally My Family History.
The winners this year are as follows:
Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Association of Graveyard Rabbits
Acadian and French-Canadian Ancestral Home
Help! The Faerie Folk Hid My Ancestors
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog
Brooklyn Historical Society Blog
California Genealogical Society and Library Blog
Eastern Washington Genealogical Society
Congratulations to all this year’s winners!
La Befana
From the Italiansrus website comes this beautiful article which tells about the Befana – the Old Witch who brings presents to children all over the world on this day. My Aunt was born on this day 72 years ago and my mother always says the Befana gave her a sister as a gift.
The Legend of La Befana
oldest and most celebrated legends. Each year on January 6 the children of Italy awaken in hopes that La Befana has made a visit to their house. This is a significant day to Italians because it marks the end of the Christmas season and the day that the three Wise Men arrived at the manger of the Christ child. Over the years the Epiphany has been a more celebrated holiday for the children of Italy than even Christmas. … read more…
October – Italian Heritage Month
Sorry folks but it looks like I missed Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day (we celebrate Thanksgiving in October in Canada), Halloween, and Italian American Heritage Month as well as half of November due to some personal health issues but I really did start writing this on 10 Oct. I can’t actually write about up and coming events because they have already come and gone but instead of dwelling on what was, lets look at what is.
October is often referred to Italian Heritage or Italian American Heritage Month in several parts of the US although it’s not recognized at all in Canada in spite of the high Italian population that cities such as Toronto and Montreal enjoy. A few years ago I found a wonderful website devoted almost exclusively to this topic. Thirty-One Days of Italians covers several categories, all of which promote Italian American Heritage. Certain areas of the site are under construction as new categories like The History of Italian Immigrants are being worked on but there’s quite a bit of interesting information on it already. Definitely a site to keep an eye out on.
One World; One Family Conference
The One World; One Family Conference will be held in Brampton on 21 August 2010 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:15 am) at 10062 Bramalea Road, Brampton, ON.
If you haven’t registered yet and would like to attend please visit the Event Registration page. A box lunch will also be provided.
The workshop schedule for the event is posted here.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Paginebianche – Italian White Pages
The Paginebianche.it (Italian White Pages)can be very useful if you are trying to locate living relatives in Italy or just interested in finding how people people with your surname still reside there.
In the tab which says chi / cosa you type in a surname or you can type a surname plus a first plus an address if you have one. You can also put in the tab that says dove the location in Italy you are searching.
Normally I would just enter a surname and see what comes up. My surname pulled up the names of 111 persons still living in Italy. The majority are living in the province of Reggio Calabria, which is where my ancestors were from originally *but* I have noticed an increase in the number of people living in the North now compared to when I first checked a few years ago.
There are some other very cool features on this site like the curiosità tab which allows you to search the significance and origins of a surname. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Trentino, Italy Birth Records Online
From Helen Billing’s weekly Family History Newsletter:
Barbara Billing has informed the Bulletin that the Trentino Department of Emigration has placed a database of birth records online at Nati in Trentino. The database contains information about 1.2 million residents of Trentino born between the years 1815-1923, including full name, date of birth, village, and names of parents. Your search can be by surname only or by first and last name in 10 year increments. Access is free but you must register for access to the site. Future plans include marriage and death records and adding the names of grandparents. With the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, Trentino was annexed to the Tyrol County. From 1815 until December 31st, 1923, the birth registers were maintained by the parishes, which also acted as registry offices. FamilySearch has just started indexing the Trento, Italy records, as well.
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