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From: "David E. Zerga" <>
Subject: Re: translation
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 17:17:46 GMT


Ron,

Here are some resources that will assist you in reading the records.

1. Cole, Trafford R.
ITALIAN GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical,
& Other records in Family History Research

ISBN 0-916489-58-2

Ancestry Incorporated
PO Box 476
Salt Lake City UT 84110-0476
(800) 262-3787

The price is about $34.95.

Published in 1995, this book gives an exhaustive treatment of records
sources.

It contains complete translations of many of the most common vital
records forms. There are also sample letters in English and Italian to
use to request records from the civil offices and parish Churches.

If I could have only one book, this is the one I would purchase.

2. Nelson, Lynn
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR ITALIAN ANCESTORS: How to
find and record your unique heritage
Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1997

ISBN 1-55870-426-4

About $16.99

Much less detail than Cole as to record sources.

Nelson does an excellent job with helping one plan strategies for
finding information.

There are complete translations of many of the records. She includes
forms and checklists for abstracting, recording and organizing data.

Like Cole's book, Nelson has sections with form letters and interpreting
handwriting.

One can 'preview' this book on-line.

http://www.erols.com/lynnn/dyia/main.html

The books may be available at your local public library or branch Family
History Center.

You can order these titles at a discount by using the amazon.com links
at

http://www.jsoft.com/archive/pie/books/

Your purchases help to support the PIE list.

Frank Arduini has a beautiful web site devoted to Italian genealogical
research. He includes complete translations of many of the common civil
record forms.

http://homepage.interaccess.com/~arduinif/index.htm


wrote:
>
> If anyone has a translation of the printed portion of the Italian death
> certificates from the 1880's I would greatly appreciate this information.
>
> Ron Migliore

--
Very truly yours,

David E. Zerga
SYSOP Genealogia Section,
Compuserve's Italian Forum ITALFOR

POINTer 2230
Fresno, California
Searching ZEREGA, MAGIOLO, CUNEO, FERRETTO, RATTO
Coreglia Ligure and Dezerega, Genova, Liguria

AMERICA- It's A Fine Italian Name

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