[TI] Ancestor Records

[Laura Johnson]

I don't think this is the case at all.   Remember this was a 
predominantly Catholic country - so I doubt if all of this 40% of the 
children who were not baptized at the Duomo were not baptized at all. 
And another fact that makes it even more unlikely is that ALL of the 
civil birth documents record the baptism in the right hand column of the 
documents between after 1819 and before 1866.  All of the ones that were 
NOT baptized at the Duomo were shown to have been baptized on the civil 
record.  But the problem is the civil document does not state which 
church.  Sure wish it did so that we could try to obtain the records 
from that church as well.

Fr. Anthony Delisi wrote:
> Questions:
>
> Was there a tax for registering a birth?  Is it possible that some did not
> have there children baptized?  This would be one explanation for some births
> not being recorded at the Duomo.
>
>
> PAX. fr. Anthony Delisi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Laura
> Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 6:12 AM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Ancestor Records
>
> 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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