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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Trentino village churches and your ancestors
Each village in Trentino has one or more churches. In addition to religous functions, the village church also served social and civil purposes. Since the early 1600s, the village church was the recordkeeper for family events. Handwritten birth, marriage, and death registers have survived in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Cunevo, Towns and Villages
Tagged ancestors, church, Cunevo, family history, genealogy, tombstone
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Tombstone Photographs
Prior to the early 1900’s, residents of the small villages in Trentino tended to remain there for many generations, marrying residents of their own or nearby villages. Some of the cemeteries in Trentino are very old and therefore could be … Continue reading
Using naturalization documents in research
Declaration of intent to become a US citizen (1936) – Giuseppe Iob After spending many years in the United States, many of our ancestors from Trentino petitioned to become US citizens. Normally, one of the prerequisites in the naturalization process was … Continue reading
Posted in Cunevo, Databases, Genealogy, Iob (Yob, Job) families
Tagged ancestors, Cunevo, family history, genealogy, Iob
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Using Trentino church records
During the time of our grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents, the local churches in Trentino were the recordkeepers for birth, marriage, and death events. Generally, meticulous records were maintained by the parish priests in handwritten church registers. Absent destruction due to … Continue reading
Posted in Cunevo, Genealogy, Iob (Yob, Job) families
Tagged ancestors, Cunevo, family history, genealogy, Iob
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