Thank you Geraldine for your very helpful response. I wonder if you would be able to add further information please? Q1 Do you know if Como would be the equivalent to a County or a Borough? If not, where would I obtain such classification please? Q2 The town I am looking for was called Campedaluno from a letter dated June 1865, written by a priest ( a relation) living at Tremezzo (opposite Bellagio). As the family came from the Como area, I am assuming that Campedaluno is nowadays called Campodolcino? Can anyone confirm this please? Q3 Would the records for all the towns and villages around Lake Como be held at Como or at smaller units? Q4 Is it worth searching records for the place a person was buried, if all the records are sent back to a place of birth (unknown)? Q5 As the letter of 1865 said "father died some years ago", I assume that I need to search from 1855 onwards, perhaps to 1863. This puts it in the pre-1861 situation, so how would I find the names of the Parish priest for either town/village? Are such records still held at each village, even today? Q6 If I or others are looking for the address of an Ufficio Anagrafe, is there a central source and can one write in English and still hope for a response? ................... Geraldine, thank you again for your helpful response. I am using the AIFHS route for the supplementary questions as your expertise may help others. Bye for now. Brian Symonds AIFHS no 10.

Hi Brian, Maybe I can help you sort out where the records are to be found. Q1. Como is a County Q2. I have checked on the local map for the province of Como and there is no place called Campedaluno I also checked it out on an Italian web page and still come up nil, I tried Campodolcina and that is in the Province of Sondrio next to Como but in the opposit direction to Tremezzo. I had one family record for a place called San Stefano, this came up nil, it turns out to be Piazzo Santo Stefano and it is a small hamlet near cernobbio and is not on the map that I have, although I was given it in Como by the tourist office. so this village coull exist but maybe the spelling is wrong. Q3. The records for each village are normally kept by the local council or church, however if the person was born in Como town a copy of the records was sent to the main Como register. I have proof of this myself as several children died/married in other villages but a copy from the village was always sent back to Como. I cannot confirm that all the smaller villages sent all the records to Como, but I don't think so. Q4. If the person died within Italy yes a record was sent back to their place of birth, niether my grandfathers or his brothers death records were sent back as my grandfather died in Wales and his brother somewhere in South America. Q5. Firstly you will have to confirm the name of the village, but the records could be held with the parish priest. I have yet to request some birth records for the village of Musso and Binago in Como, but I have my doubts that the priest will be willing to look them up but it is worth a try. The Como town civil records only go back as far as 1866. Q6. No I think you will have to write to the anagrafe of the village, I Know someone on the list tried the anagrafe in Como for someone in another village and came up nil. I went to the Como anagrafe, but had writen and requested some of the records before hand. It must be in Italian and you have to send some money. I can ask a friend of mine who lives in Como to prepare a basic letter for you/us and he can tell me more or less how much to send. It did not cost alot. I tried to get a record for my GG Grandfather who was born and married well before 1850 and they said it was not possible to obtain a records as there was none.My G Grandfather was born in 1850 and he did have one. Later on today I will ask my friend if he know's anything about the village Campedaluno( he's a policeman) and will let you know. Best wishes Ruth ----- Mensaje original ----- De: <[email protected]> Para: <[email protected]> Enviado: lunes, 19 de agosto de 2002 22:51 Asunto: Re: [Anglo-Italian] Re: ANGLO-ITALIAN-D Digest V02 #170 > Thank you Geraldine for your very helpful response. I wonder if you would be > able to add further information please? > > Q1 Do you know if Como would be the equivalent to a County or a Borough? If > not, where would I obtain such classification please? > > Q2 The town I am looking for was called Campedaluno from a letter dated June > 1865, written by a priest ( a relation) living at Tremezzo (opposite > Bellagio). As the family came from the Como area, I am assuming that > Campedaluno is nowadays called Campodolcino? Can anyone confirm this please? > > Q3 Would the records for all the towns and villages around Lake Como be held > at Como or at smaller units? > > Q4 Is it worth searching records for the place a person was buried, if all > the records are sent back to a place of birth (unknown)? > > Q5 As the letter of 1865 said "father died some years ago", I assume that I > need to search from 1855 onwards, perhaps to 1863. This puts it in the > pre-1861 situation, so how would I find the names of the Parish priest for > either town/village? Are such records still held at each village, even today? > > Q6 If I or others are looking for the address of an Ufficio Anagrafe, is > there a central source and can one write in English and still hope for a > response? > ................... > Geraldine, thank you again for your helpful response. I am using the AIFHS > route for the supplementary questions as your expertise may help others. Bye > for now. Brian Symonds AIFHS no 10. > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Anglo-Italian Mailing List Web Page > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >