Giuseppe Luigi Sinisi
Bringing your Italian ancestors' stories back to light.
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Researching 1803 inheritance acts at the Notarial Archives of Trani. Notarial records open a window into our ancestors' private lives. By analyzing early 19th-century wills, successions, and estate divisions, I can map out family relationships, discover what properties they...
Analyzing military sheets (Fogli Matricolari) at the State Archives. > These records are a goldmine for Italian genealogy. They detail an ancestor’s physical traits, education, military service, and campaigns. Researching these documents allows me to reconstruct the military...
Reviewing pre-1809 parish records at the Diocesan Archives of Andria. > Before official civil registries began in Southern Italy, church records were the only trace of our ancestors. Digging through these centuries-old Latin registers allows me to bypass the 1809 barrier,...
