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LDS Microfilms of Southern Italian Civil records

Nov 16 2012

LDS Microfilms of Southern Italian Civil records

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(…)

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How it all began

Nov 8 2012

How it all began

I had never thought about tracing my family tree. In fact, I had never thought of such a thing at all, until one day while visiting my auntie.  I used to visit her once a month, as she was getting on in age.  On one visit, I don’t know how we got on to the(…)

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