How to search the Antenati site
The ‘search’ function on Ancestry, family search and the Antenati site is a place to start but don’t be discouraged if it doesn’t produce any results. The indexing project is far from complete and even though ‘your’ names may appear to come up in the search it doesn’t mean they are the right family. Sometimes … 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
Antenati and the Archivio Storico di Frosinone
The State Archives in Frosinone came into being in 1956. It contains notary records from Notaries who retired more than 100 years ago and dating back to the 1400’s, judicial records, military records and lists, along with some civil records after 1865. It is these civil records that we are most concerned with for genealogy … 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
Black Friday in LAZIO!
Everybody is getting in on this Black Friday theme so I thought it might be a good time to offer some special help to those researchers who prefer to do their own research but are lacking a couple of records to get them back to the LDS records that are on film or want to … Continue reading
Brick wall in Santa Maria Oliveto – torn down!
Whenever one is presented with a ‘brick wall’ it’s important to scrutinize every document collected so far. Do some historical research of the area and then go out there and break it down. I did the first part and realized I could not go ahead without finding the death record of Tomasina. It was a … Continue reading
PREPARING FOR PARISH RECORD SEARCH
You have exhausted the microfilmed civil records and are ready to move further backwards in time by using parish records. You have bought your ticket to Italy and are ready to tackle the local priest. You can find the address of the parish church at http://www.chiesacattolica.it. (Or http://www.parrocchiemap.it/ see comment below. ) Write to the … Continue reading
