Dec 20 2012
With any new endeavor, you encounter terms that are specific to that project, hobby, or occupation. This is also true of genealogy. This article addresses one of the most common terms used in family history research—vital records. Definitions From Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language we learn that “vital” concerns life, is of(…)
Dec 9 2012
A birth certificate will give you the names and ages of each parent, their professions, their town of residence and occasionally the name of the Grandfather. This would only happen if there were several men in town with the same first name and surname (maybe even married to a women with similar names). From the(…)
Nov 16 2012
My expertise is with the former Papal States and the former Kingdom of the Two Sicily’s so this information may not apply to Northern Italian civil records. First a little history. In 1809 Napoleon conquered Italy and ordered the keeping of civil records for births, marriages and deaths. The format was the same as that(…)
Nov 1 2012
This is the second part of a Truth mini-series where I examine the facts of yesterday and today when it comes to leaving behind truthful records. If you’ve done some genealogical studies, have you ever hit that point when something didn’t quite add up? Was it because of a ‘lack of information’ or ‘misinformation’? When(…)
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