Using Facebook for Genealogy
There are many Facebook pages that focus on Italian Genealogy and there are lots of people helping out with translations and giving guidance on where to find the records. Antenati – il portale del SAN is the Facebook page for antenati and they try to keep us updated with their uploading progress. Unfortunately the text … Continue reading
Towns in Frosinone that were part of former Vatican States and their available civil records
The towns in the Province of Frosinone listed below were all formerly part of the Vatican States. Between 1809 and until Napoleon was defeated in 1815 these towns kept civil records like all the other towns in the area controlled by Napoleon. What happened to these records? It is said that after Napoleon’s defeat the … Continue reading
The ANTENATI site and how to understand what will be uploaded.
There has been much speculation and anticipation about the new ‘Antenati’ site and what records it will contain. The State Archives in Italy house many historical documents including civil records, military records and notarial records which are the records of most interest to Family Tree researchers. The digitzation of records at the Italian State Archives … Continue reading
Seasons Greetings 2019
The dust is finally settling after the Christmas holidays and I am sure many of you are waiting with bated breath for your DNA results from those Christmas gifts. January is a great time to get back to our genealogy search. Angel Research wants to thank those of you who invited us to participate in … Continue reading
Passport records for 1903 for Sora (partial) and Pescosolido
Thanks go to Eugenio Berenger for compiling these lists of persons from Pescosolido who applied for a passport in 1903 in the Province of Frosinone. A partial list of persons from Sora is also shown. Others towns in the Province are listed in the register but we are publishing just these extractions. Since the passport … Continue reading
Finding Foglio Matricolare – Italian Military Records
Finding the military service record for an ancestor can be a great source of satisfaction……or not. Seeing your ancestor labelled as a ‘deserter’ can be a shock but often it just means that they did not return to Italy when called for military service from whichever country they had emigrated to. Refusing to serve meant … Continue reading
Making the connection….with a document from an ancestry contact
David’s family had been to Trasacco many years ago to find the origin of their family and had obtained several certificates and documents that told only a part of the story. It was apparent that his ancestor Raffaele was not born in Trasacco but there was no indication of where he might have been from. … Continue reading
Annalisa’s Story – reconnecting with the past
I am a first-generation Italian-American. My mother was born in the small Comune of Picinisco in Frosinone Italy and my grandparents were married there before sailing to America in 1926. Our lineage on my grandmother’s side dates to 1597 with our ancestors being from this small town. Over the years, my mother kept in touch … Continue reading
How professionals work together.
I just spent a week working in the Province of Frosinone with Janeen Bjork a professional researcher from America. She was working on a huge DNA project involving diverse families whose patriarchs were recruited to work in a stone quarry in Upstate New York. The families came from several towns around my home base. Some … Continue reading
Inheriting property in Italy- on occasion….meglio di no!
I am occasionally asked about property that immigrant families left behind that may still be ‘inheritable’ by the emigrant descendants. I’d like to tell you this story…. Yesterday at a family luncheon the talk turned to property taxes and Saverio began to talk about his high property taxes. Today your principal residence is tax-free but … Continue reading
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