State Civil Records of Montalto Uffugo
I am making this page to help you understand and navigate through the records I currently have available and the state civil (Stato Civale) records of Italy. Here I will explain the records available through the LDS libraries, as well as what the town has that you may request. I will also have basic translations of the form portion of the records to help you read them. I will also provide links to the actual Records.
The LDS Microfilms
The Later Day Saints (LDS) have the largest genealogical collection in the world. It is part of their religious beliefs that you can be reunited with your ancestor's in heaven, but you must know who they are first. So, as they saw precious records that held the key to finding these ancestors deteriorate to time, war and disasters, they began their attempts at copying everything they could get access to and making it public to everyone. They copied church records and vital records from all over the world and made them available to the public through microfilm and fiche through libraries located in their churches throughout the world. What is available can be accessed on their website. What is available for Montalto Uffugo can be accessed here.
The State Civil Records of Italy
The state civil records began during the rule of Napoleon Buonaparte around 1809. In all the countries he ruled, he required that records should be kept pertaining to births, deaths and marriages in a certain format. The result of that requirement in Italy is the Stato Civile, still is use today in modern Italy. These records are required by law. They differ from other records also kept by the government. These records are referred to as "acts" not certificates. A birth certificate in Italy does not contain much information other than the date, time and place a baby was born and the baby's name. A birth act (from the state civil records) contains this information plus both parent's names, address or section of town they lived in, the parent's ages (in some cases only the father's age), their father's name (in some cases only the father's fathers name) and both parent's professions. Also on this record is the names, occupations and ages of several witnesses. The witnesses are often family or close friends. All of these state civil records contain the information of more than 1 generation.
Transcriptions
I have tried my best to read the handwriting and transcribe the information the best I can. Where I am unsure of a name I put a ?. I transcibed the information as it was written in the documents. While transcribing I noticed names spelled differently than the spellings I had become familiar with. I good example of this would be the first name Tomasso. Often spelled Tommaso in the records. The same issue occurred with the similar surname DiTomasso. I have transcibed the names as written.If you see a misspelled name or are using a search engine to search for your surname, remember this and check multiple spellings.
The State Civil Records of Montalto Uffugo
I felt the need to make a note here about the professions listed on the birth, marriage and death records in Montalto Uffugo. It has occurred to me that the professions listed are not to be taken too seriously. I have noticed a pattern of professions that are listed in the documents. The same men listed as property owners for a number of years are then listed as laborers during another (different) series of years and then in the 1880's are listed as "contadino" or peasant farmers. People I know to be rather wealthy land owners are listed in certain years as laborers. I have even seen a tailor listed as a laborer during certain years. When reading the occupations of these men and women in the records, it is important not to take that information too seriously in my opinion.
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