My grandfather was from Velate, (according to his military records)which I understand became a part of the comune of Varese, but when I wrote for his birth records, they were not able to locate him in their files. Can anyone suggest how I would proceed to locate his birth record? Thanks, Phyllis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:34:03 +0000 (UTC), phyl8@yahoo.com (Phyllis Frameli) wrote: >My grandfather was from Velate, (according to his military >records)which I understand became a part of the comune of Varese, >but when I wrote for his birth records, they were not able to >locate him in their files. Can anyone suggest how I would proceed >to locate his birth record? You're looking in the wrong place. Those archives aren't at the comune, but at the State Archive in Varese. Look what I found: Archive of Comune di Velate, from 1770 to 1927 I guess you'll probably find what you need there: Address: Via Col di Lana 5 21100 Varese Tel: 0332/312196 Fax:0332/320352 email: asva@working.it Open: Monday to Saturday: 8,00 - 14,00 Tuesday: 8,00 - 14,15 Thursday: 8,00 - 17,30 Ciao, Fabio