[TI] Ancestor Records

[Laura Johnson]

The Civil records available on microfilm only start at 1820 and go 
through 1910.  Nothing is available by film before that time.  The early 
records are how you get information prior to 1820.

There are a couple of ways to obtain further information.
1.  I have some digitally filmed records of baptisms that Father Delisi 
was able to obtain from his trip to the Duomo.  The documents range from 
1777 thru 1821.  THESE ARE IN LATIN.
          a.  there are missing documents and a couple of missing years 
in this period
          b.  Some of the digital images are impossible to read (too 
blurry, etc)
          c.  NOT ALL BAPTISMS WERE RECORDED AT THE DUOMO (this is 
evident after I did the baptisms from 1820 and 1821 that more than 40% 
of the civil records of births were NOT recorded as baptisms at the 
Duomo). 
           d.  The indexes list the child by FIRST NAME then Last Name.  
Not all years have indexes to work with either.  This makes it much 
harder to do research in them.  I am currently transcribing them 
backwards from 1820 and entering them into the database when I have 
completed a church year (church years run from Sept 1 of one year thru 
Aug 31 of the next year.)  You can see the progress of these documents
           e.  If you want research done in the years that are not done, 
contact me offlist at Laura at termini-imerese.org for details.

2.  ALLEGATI RECORDS
          a.  These documents are a TREASURE TROVE of information, 
especially for those marriages in your tree from the early civil records.
          b.  The contain documents for baptisms for the bride and groom 
if they were born before 1820 as well as death documents of the parents 
and the paternal grandfathers of the bride and groom.  Death documents 
for previous spouses.  They can contain a lot of information and are 
well worth investing the time to get them especially for the early marriages
           c.  I am working on transcribing those allegati records from 
1820 forward and am currently working on 1824.  As I finish a year, they 
are entered into the database.  You can check the progress of them on 
the website listing.
          d.  If you want research done in the years that are not done, 
contact me offlist at Laura at termini-imerese.org for details.



Sheryl Hartnett wrote:
> *Just how far back can Termini records go that are obtainable by the 
> general public?   Laura researched my Bova families back to the mid to 
> late 1700's.  Can I get records further back, say like from the library?*
>  
> *Thanks,*
> *Sheryl  :)* 
>
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