FINDING RECORDS OF YOUR ANCESTORS, PART A ITALY 1809 TO 1910 Beginning Italian researchers will also need the Genealogical Word List: Italian (34071). If your ancestor lived in Italy between 1809 and 1910, follow the steps in this booklet to find the records of his or her family. These instructions will show you which records to search, what to look for, and what tools to use. One piece of information will lead to another until you have identified each family member and filled out a family group record. Find your ancestor’s birth 1 record in civil records. Find birth records for your 2 ancestor’s brothers and sisters in civil records. Find any death records of 3 2 your ancestor’s brothers 1 3 and sisters or parents in 4 civil records. Find the marriage of your 4 ancestor’s parents in civil records or church records, if available. This family is now complete. Latter-day Saints: Now see additional instruc- tions for submitting names for temple ordinances. The steps and tools you will need are described inside. HOW TO BEGIN—PREPARATION You should have already gathered as much information Tips as possible from your home and family and filled out family group records and a pedigree chart. You may have If you don’t know your ancestor’s birth date: checked FamilySearch™ or other computer files to see if • Start with a more recent generation. You will learn how others have researched your Italian family. to do research, and you will probably discover something To begin: you didn’t know about your family. A. From your pedigree chart, choose an ancestor who was •Find the records for the family in the example given. born in Italy between 1809 and 1910. You must know Thiswill teach you basic research skills before you search the approximate birth date and the birthplace (town) in for your own family. This is a good class activity. order to find your ancestor’s family. It is helpful to know the province. B. Write your ancestor’s name in the children’s section of a new family group record. Read through the instructions in this booklet. Then follow the steps below to find your ancestor’s family. Pedigree Chart Chart no. _______ Family Group Record If typing, set spacing at 1 1/2. Page of Husband Last See "Other Given name(s) name marriages" No. 1 on this chart is the same as no. _______ on chart no. _______. 8 Born (day month year) Place (Father of no. 4) LDS ordinance dates Te m p l e B E SP SS F C Cont. on chart no. Christened Place Baptized Mark boxes when ordinances are completed. When born _______ Where B Baptized Died Place Endowed 4 Ferdinando Lucera When married E Endowed (Father of no. 2) B E SP SS F C When died Buried Place Sealed to parents SP Sealed to parents When born 1 Apr. 1840 Where Married Place Sealed to spouse SS Sealed to spouse Where Coreone, Palermo, Italy F Family Group Record exists for this couple 9 Husband's father Last Deceased When married (Mother of no. 4) Given name(s) name C Children's ordinances completed 1873 B E SP SS Cont. on Where Coreone, Palermo, Italy chart no. Husband's mother Maiden Deceased When born _______ Given name(s) name When died 29 Jun. 1931 Where Wife Maiden See "Other Given name(s) name marriages" 2 Antonino Lucera Where When died (Father) Los Angeles, L.A., Calif. Born (day month year) Place B E SP SS F C Where LDS ordinance dates Te m p l e When born 27 Sep. 1893 Christened Place Baptized Where Coreone, Palermo, Italy 10 (Father of no. 5) B E SP SS F C Cont. on Died Place Endowed When married chart no. 3 Oct. 1926 When born _______ Write date as: 4 Oct. 1896 Buried Place Sealed to parents Where Los Angeles, L.A., Calif. Where Wife's father Last Deceased When died 5 Maria Arsena When married Given name(s) 14 Jul 1973 (Mother of no. 2) name Where B E SP SS When died Los Angeles, L.A., Calif. Wife's mother Maiden Deceased When born 6 Aug. 1854 Where Given name(s) name Where Coreone, Palermo, Italy Children List each child (whether living or dead) in order of birth. LDS ordinance dates Te m p l e 11 When died (Mother of no. 5) 1 Sex Given Last See "Other 23 Mar. 1931 B E SP SS Cont. on name(s) name marriages" chart no. Maria Arsena Where Los Angeles, L.A., Calif. F Born (day month year) Place Baptized When born _______ Coreone, Palermo, Italy Where 6 Aug. 1854 Christened Place Endowed 1 Mary Louise Lucera When died (Name) B E SP SS F C Where Died Place Sealed to parents 23 Mar. 1931 Los Angeles, L.A., California When born Spouse Last Where Given name(s) name 12 Ferdinando Lucera (Father of no. 6) Married Place Sealed to spouse B E SP SS F C Cont. on 1873 Coreone, Palermo, Italy When married chart no. Where When born _______ 2 Sex Given Last See "Other name(s) marriages" Where name When died Born (day month year) Place Baptized 6 When married Where (Father of no. 3) B E SP SS F C When died Christened Place Endowed When born Where Died Place Sealed to parents (Spouse) Where B E SP SS 13 Spouse Last When married (Mother of no. 6) B E SP SS Cont. on arwick, Eng. Given name(s) name Where chart no. olk, North Carolina, USA or Married Place Sealed to spouse When born _______ 3 When died Where 3 Sex Given Last See "Other (Mother) B E SP SS Where When died name(s) name marriages" Born (day month year) Place Baptized When born Where Where Christened Place Endowed 14 When died (Father of no. 7) P Write place as: Tryon, St. Martins, Birmingham, W B E SP SS F C Cont. on Died Place Sealed to parents Where chart no. When born _______ Spouse Last Where Given name(s) name Place 7 When married Married Sealed to spouse Your name and address (Mother of no. 3) B E SP SS When died Select only one of the following options. The option you select applies Your name When born Where to all names on this form. Where Option 1—Family File Send all 15 names to my family file at the Te mple. When died (Mother of no. 7) Address B E SP SS Cont. on Where Option 2—Temple File Send all names to any temple, chart no. and assign proxies for all approved ordinances. When born _______ Telephone number Date prepared Where Option 3—Ancestral File Send all names to the When died computerized Ancestral File for research purposes only, not for ordinances. I am including the required pedigree chart. Where Phone Date prepared ( ) Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 3/96. Printed in USA. 31826 Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 10/93 Printed in USA 31827 A. Mary’s pedigree chart B. Mary begins a family group record with Maria Arsena listed as a child THE RESEARCH PROCESS The following pages can walk you through the research in the Family History Library Catalog for the records she process. In the case study, Mary is looking for the family wants and orders the microfilms she needs. She makes of Maria Arsena. She takes her family group records and several visits to the center. Follow these same steps to pedigree chart to a family history center. Here she looks find your family. Italy 2 THE RESEARCH PROCESS Case study: Maria Arsena, born in 1854 in Corleone, province of Palermo, Italy. Your ancestor: , , in , , Italy. name birth date town province FIND YOUR ANCESTOR’S BIRTH RECORD IN CIVIL RECORDS. (See “Civil Records: Birth” on page 10.) 1 A. At the family history center, Mary searches in the finds the actual date of birth about half way down Family History Library Catalog for the town in Italy the page. She photocopies the record for her files. where her ancestor was born (Corleone). Then she C. On the family group record, Mary writes: looks for civil records. (See “Using the Family History (1) Maria’s birth information on the front and Library Catalog” on page 9). (2) source information (such as town name, film B. She finds the film number 1195438 and orders it. number, volume and years covered, and page She finds Maria’s birth record on the film. Maria’s number) on the back. parents’ names and ages are in the record. Mary Year and month of birth (day represents date of registration) father’s name, age, occupation (he presented the baby for registration) both parents’ names, ages, occupations day of baptism actual day of birth child’s name FIND BIRTH RECORDS FOR YOUR ANCESTOR’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CIVIL RECORDS. 2 A. Mary now looks for birth records for the years B. On the family group record, Mary writes: before and after Maria’s birth for those of brothers or (1) information about all of Maria’s brothers and sisters. She finds births on three other films for 1851 sisters on the front and (2) source information on (film 1195437), 1857 (film 1195439), and 1859 the back. (film 1195440). 3 Italy Family Group Record If typing, set spacing at 1 1/2. Page of Husband Last See "Other 1 Given name(s) Giuseppe name Arsena marriages" Born (day month year) Place 31 Dec.