My great-grandfather served in the Italian Calvary around 1890. Does anyone know where I can get his military records? Thanks for any help you can offer. Mio grande-nonno ha servito nel Calvary italiano intorno 1890. Nessuno sa dove posso prendere i suoi dischi militari? I ringraziamenti per qualunque aiuto che lei può offrire

Here is a post from ItalyNW that may help. --- vikandgra wrote: > G'day, can anyone advise me where to send to for world war 1 army > service records ? Our Grandfather served with the Mountain > Artillery 1916 to 1920 which included 18 months at the front. His > place of usual residence was Mu / Edolo in Brescia. Hi Graham, As Larry pointed out, the first place to check for military records is the Family History Library catalog. Since military records are kept by the provincial archives, you would search for "Brescia" rather than the town. Family History Library Catalog http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp If military records for Brescia haven't been microfilmed, you can write to the provincial archive of Brescia for the records as Felicia suggested. Archivio di Stato di Brescia Via Galilei, 44 25124 Brescia There are a few sample letters available online, though most are for writing for birth and marriage records. You can just alter them to request the registro di leva (draft record), registro dei fogli matricolari (service record) and foglio di congedo illimitato (discharge record). You may not get all three documents, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Italian Letter-Writing Guide http://www.familysearch.com/Eng/Search/Rg/guide/LGItalian.asp David's Letters to Italy http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/Davids_form_letters.html I received the draft record and service record for my grandfather from the provincial archive in Alessandria. I've uploaded scans of the documents to our website if you want to look at them. They are in the FILES section in the folder called "Italian Genealogical Records". http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ItalyNW/files/ Good luck, Regina GRIFFERO, GUALCO, GUASSARDO, NORANDO - Capriata d'Orba, Alessandria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Just Me!" <ktrpelle.nospam@hotmail.nospam.com> To: <GEN-ITALIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: Pre WWI Itilian Military records---Pre WWI italiano Militare dischi > My great-grandfather served in the Italian Calvary around 1890. Does anyone > know where I can get his military records? Thanks for any help you can > offer. > > > > Mio grande-nonno ha servito nel Calvary italiano intorno 1890. Nessuno sa > dove posso prendere i suoi dischi militari? I ringraziamenti per qualunque > aiuto che lei può offrire > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 >