Hi Daphne, Thanks for your comments which have been most useful & have given me ideas for further research. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daphne Dashfield" <daphne.dashfield@xtra.co.nz> To: <ANGLO-ITALIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:05 AM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Re: modern Italian marriage records > Hi Stephen > > > My relative Valerie Fudge born in England in 1925 but of an Anglo Italian > > family on her mother's side, married some time before 1979 a man by the name > > of Caprioglio & was in 1979 living in Segrate just outside Milan. > > Your best resource may be living relatives since it is not very long ago. I presume this relative is not living since it would > probably not be appropriate to discuss living people on an email list. This is a time period that probably this list's members > would have very little knowledge of researching. (e.g. my relative left Italy before 1851) > > You are looking for a record that would be in the 75 year privacy period. Only the subject or a family member can request an > original certificate. I think that means you would first have to get approval as a family member to have a commune official > search the records for you (you may not be a sufficiently close family member). You may have to pay to have several communes > searched if you do not know where they married. Each search may take a matter of months, especially since you have no date. This > information is from a quick skim through Trafford Cole's excellent book, "Italian genealogical records" (Ancestry Inc, 1995). > > Overseas registration. I seem to remember we were able to register a birth in New Zealand with UK records, but I'm not sure > where that information is then available since the registration district is ?? I presume the same is possible in Italy through > the British Consulate. However, it would not be compulsory to register the marriage in question. > > Best of luck with talking to relatives. > > Daphne > > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Anglo-Italian Mailing List Web Page > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/Italian.htm > > Anglo Italian Family History Society > http://www.anglo-italianfhs.org.uk > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >