Genealogy in Corleto Perticara
Registry offices in Basilicata and in Potenza province were established in early 1800: it means that you could find information in Corleto Perticara registrar as of that date.
Before to start your genealogy research in Corleto Perticara, we suggest you to read our tips for your search . They are useful to search in Italy and in Corleto Perticara too. In the next picture you can see the demographic trends in Corleto Perticara from the Italian Unification (1861).
If you know (or you think) that your ancestors were from Corleto Perticara, you could find info about your Italian family at Registrar of Vital Statistics in the City Office or at the parishes.
So, if your ancestors were in Corleto Perticara in the nineteenth or twentieth century, then you could try to contact the City Office of Corleto Perticara to know more.
It could be important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Corleto Perticara. As more your surname is common in Corleto Perticara, as more it could be difficult to find the right info about your ancestors in Corleto Perticara archives if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that the most common surnames in Potenza province are:
Albano, Bochicchio, Bruno, Calabrese, Caputo, Carlomagno, Carlucci, Cirigliano, Claps, Colangelo, Conte, Cosentino, Coviello, D’Andrea, De Bonis, De Luca, Ferrara, Fortunato, Genovese, Giordano, Grieco, Ielpo, Labanca, Lauria, Lombardi, Lorusso, Marino, Martino, Mecca, Nigro, Nolè, Pace, Pepe, Potenza, Rinaldi, Romaniello, Romano, Rosa, Russo, Sabia, Santarsiero, Santoro, Scavone, Sileo, Summa, Telesca, Vaccaro, Zaccagnino.
Church archives in Potenza province may instead contain even older information, but they are far less accessible from abroad (and almost impossible by email).
Then,parishes send information not easily.
If you have the opportunity to visit Corleto Perticara and Potenza province, you could plan to investigate churches’ archives by yourself, but from abroad is very difficult to obtain any result unless you find a reliable local help.
Another important source of information is the “Archivio di Stato” (National archive) in Potenza.
In any case, never give up! Probably the distance from your country and Italy, some difficulties in understanding and in translation, could complicate your search but this should not discourage you.
It’s important to plan your activities to carry on with simple goals (eg. search for a single date of birth, the name of an ancestor, the date of a marriage, etc.)
If you are interested to start or to continue your genealogy research in Corleto Perticara, or if you have questions regarding your family tree
or your research is in a dead end and you need some help
Write us to corletoperticara@italianside.com and we will try to help you!
