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From: "David E. Zerga" <>
Subject: Re: REPUBLICANO>Giardini, Sicily, Italy
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 18:04:06 GMT
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Michael,

The LDS (Mormon) Church has microfilmed the civil records
for your town for
the period 1841-1910.

The FHL catalogs can be searched on-line at
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/

You can order and view copies of the films at a Family
History Center. Look in your
telephone book under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints for the address of an FHC
near you.

The FHCs are staffed by volunteer workers experienced in
genealogical research.

The Centers are open to all. I visit one in Fresno
frequently. I have never been given
materials promoting the religion or solicited to join.

The FHC records provide the added advantage of being a
filmed copy of the original
documents. The paper you receive from the Archivio in Italy
is only an abstract of
information in the original record. Valuable
information may be omitted.

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


MICHAEL J REPUBLICANO wrote:
>
> Surname: REPUBLICANO
> Looking for ancestors of Constantino, Born 1870 and
> Giovanni, Born 1904, both in Giardini, Sicily, Italy

--
David E. Zerga
SYSOP Genealogia Section,
Compuserve's Italian Forum ITALFOR
POINTer 2230
Searching ZEREGA, MAGIOLO, CUNEO, FERRETTO, RATTO,
VALENTE, MILANTA, SAMMURI
Coreglia Ligure and Dezerega, Genova, Liguria
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/z/e/r/David-E-Zerga/
http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/Davids_form_letters.html

AMERICA- It's A Fine Italian Name

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