Genealogy in Falmenta
Tracing your Italian roots back to Falmenta (in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province, Piemonte region) begins with understanding which records exist and where they are preserved. On this page you’ll find a clear guide to the civil, parish and historical sources available for genealogy in Falmenta.
Falmenta family history at a glance
- Region: Piemonte
- Province: Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
- Type of records: civil and parish records
- Civil registration: in the town hall from 1866 onwards
- Parish records: often older than civil records (in some cases from the late 1500s)
Over the years, ItalianSide has conducted genealogy research on historical families in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province involving many surnames traditionally found in Falmenta and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, including branches of the following families:
Albertella, Albertini, Barbieri, Barone, Beltrami, Bergamaschi, Bianchi, Bionda, Blardone, Borghini, Brusa, Caretti, Carmine, Cattaneo, Cerini, Cerutti, Colombo, Conti, Dresti, Falcioni, Ferrari, Ferraris, Fontana, Forni, Francioli, Gagliardi, Galli, Grassi, Grossi, Margaroli, Martinelli, Milani, Minoletti, Morandi, Pagani, Pella, Piana, Piazza, Pirazzi, Pizzi, Poletti, Ramoni, Rossi, Tedeschi, Villa, Zanetta, Zani, Zanni and many others.
Remember that this province is very recent: the towns in this provinces were in other provinces before.
Many records relating to families and individuals are already stored in our databases and include, in addition to names and dates, further information such as occupations, residential addresses, and key family and social relationships within the Falmenta community in past centuries.
Part of the information used by ItalianSide in genealogy research derives from a proprietary archive of on-site research conducted over many years in Falmenta and Piemonte by our experts. This archive includes studies, family trees, and data not available online, such as cross-referenced family relationships, occupational histories, deciphered or translated documents, residential patterns, and visual documentation.
Research activities may include all major sources available at municipal, provincial, and regional level:
• civil records
• parish registers
• notarial archives
• military records
• historical and photographic sources available in private archives
Direct access to local archives and a deep understanding of the local context allow for more complete and accurate results. Research may be carried out using all available sources in both public and private archives.
Genealogy in Falmenta
If your ancestors came from Falmenta, in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province (Piemonte region), the first step is to identify the local archives where records are kept. Most family history research starts from the civil registry office at the Comune and continues in parish and notary archives.
Where to begin your ancestry journey in Falmenta
Vital records for people born, married or deceased in Falmenta are usually preserved in:
- Falmenta City Hall archives: civil records (births, marriages, deaths) from 1860 onwards.
- Falmenta parish churches: in Piemonte religious registers, which can often take your research back to the 1600s and sometimes as far as the 1500s.
Civil Records (Stato Civile) in Falmenta
In towns and villages of Piemonte and in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province, as Falmenta, civil registry officially began on january 1 1866.
A first civil registry system had already been introduced during the Napoleonic period (1806–1814). This means you can often find your ancestors’ civil records in the Town Hall archives of Falmenta from that year onwards.
(If your goal is to obtain Italian citizenship and you need official certificates from Falmenta, please follow this link.)
If your ancestors lived in Falmenta during the past centuries, the City Office of Falmenta is usually the first place to start your family research. Our local expert can access these records on your behalf and interpret them correctly.
- Professions: discover what your ancestors did for a living.
- Addresses: find the street or house where the family lived in Falmenta.
- Family links: identify parents, witnesses and neighbours that appear in the records.
- Signatures and notes: see how your ancestors signed and read any marginal annotations.
If you prefer to contact the Town Hall by yourself, we suggest reading our genealogy tips for Italy. They include practical advice for research in Piemonte and specifically in Falmenta.
Population trends in Falmenta
The chart below shows the demographic trends in Falmenta from the Italian Unification (1861). Understanding how many people lived in the town over time is useful when interpreting migration and family movements.
Church Records in Falmenta
Church archives in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province often preserve information that predates civil records. Parish registers include baptisms, marriages and burials and sometimes allow you to push your family tree back into the 1700s and 1600s.
In many areas of Piemonte, parish registers began around the 1500s. These manuscripts are not easy to access from abroad and can be hard to read without specific training.
Our local genealogists, graduated in history and archival studies, can consult the parish archives of Falmenta on your behalf and reconstruct your family history through the centuries.
Our experts could search registers and historical religious documents collected and kept at the diocesan archive:
you should refer to Archivio Diocesano di Novara – Via Dominioni, 4 – 28100 NOVARA
Notary records and other historical sources
Another important source of information is represented by notary documents, which preserve wills, dowries, property sales and contracts. These records are usually kept in provincial and State Archives and can provide valuable details on the social and economic life of your family.
The provincial archive is:
Archivio di Stato di Verbania – Via Luigi Cadorna, 37 – 28922 Verbania VB
Historical and photographic sources available in private archives
Historical photographs, prints, and documents from private collections—including ItalianSide’s archive of vintage images from Falmenta and Piemonte region are available. Old pictures add significant value to your family history research and offer a real sense of the places where your ancestors once lived.
Military records
Conscription lists and service records documenting physical descriptions, dates and places of enlistment, units and ranks held, periods of service, military postings, transfers, and movements, often providing detailed insight into an individual’s life beyond civil registration.
Cadastral and property records in Falmenta
Historical cadastral and land records used to identify property ownership, track real estate transfers over time, and confirm the historical presence of families within Falmenta. ItalianSide provides professional assistance in accessing and interpreting these records, where available.
Planning a visit to Falmenta
From our experience, if you plan to visit Falmenta we always recommend starting the research months before your arrival. This way you avoid spending your holidays in offices or churches dealing with bureaucracy.
Remember that archives are not open to the general public and officers or priests are not required by law to grant direct access to the records.
With the results collected by our genealogist before your trip, you will have more time to enjoy the town and its surroundings, walking in the footsteps of your ancestors.
Professional help for research in Falmenta
If you need professional support from our local genealogist in the Falmenta area, write to falmenta@italianside.com or fill the form here. Our expert will study your request and reply with a research plan and a quote tailored to your family history.
Messages from other visitors in Falmenta
Here below you can read messages from other visitors in the Falmenta forum. If you simply want to discuss genealogy in Falmenta with other people, feel free to leave a message.
My grandparents were married in Novara in 1905, Ferdinando Bionda from Premosello and Carolina Chiggoni from Rumianca (best I can get off the marriage certificate). I am lookin gto find relatives in the area as I am going there in 1021. Thank you
Hello, I am looking for information on, Giovanni (John) Tiboni and Camilla Zanni (wife), and their ancestors.. as well information on Angelina (Zanni) born 1921…2nd wife after Camilla died…Giovanni was born in 1883 to Ignazio Tiboni and Angiolina (Milani) …Camilla was also born in 1883. Any information is appreciated.
Hi Patti, just saw your message. If you are still looking for information I am able to supply some ancestors as well as a possible connection to me.
Tom
Edmonton Alberta Canada
my great great grandfather was named Luigi Tiboni. I live in Texas, USA and always thought our name was Tibuni. Only when I couldn’t find anything on that name, did I realize it is Tiboni. We had it misspelled all these years.I would like to find out anything I can about my family there.
My Great Grand father was Andrew Tiboni , his daughter Valentine was my Grand Mother and married a Bendet, My mom Gloria married a Calonego. I am the youngest child Michael
I wish to trace my grandmother, an ancestor from Cannobio/ Traffiume. The confirmed details of her birth I have are:
Date of birth registered 29/11/1890 MARIA ALLIOLI …1168
Professior Casaluigh. A1716480. 99 Cannobio
Father: Guiseppe Mario Gabriele ALLIOLI
Mother, no official details, but believe to be Maria/Marietta/Angela CERUTTI. (Falmenta).
( I suspect she was born out of wedlock as family memories are vague and say her mother either died when Maria was born or when she was 9 months old).
As yet I have been unable to trace her maternal line.
I do know Maria lived in Traffiume and was brought up by her paternal grandparents.
I would be happy to pay/use your services and have a lot of other information from various ancestry sites,
but do need confirmation of Maria Alliolis mother before I can proceed further.
I look forward to hearing back from you
Thank you Angela Coles.
Maria’s father went to live in Turin where in 1894 he married Maria Anna Guiseppa.Vincenti
“Italia Mtrimoni 1809-1900 database family search ref cn27;FHL microfilm 1,448,749.
Giovanni Battista Allioli and Angela Arizzoli
I need to obtain a copy of her copia intégrale dell/atto di nascita before going further is this possible?
I shall be visiting Cannobio and the surrounding area in July and would like to arrange for help, guidance and support in making contact in advance for visiting Falmenta(difficult to reach) and also church records if possible.
My Great Grandmother and Grandfather were from Falmenta before they moved to Susanville Ca USA, we are heading back in June. Her name was lucia and he was John Carlo. Where would you recommend we look for records? I know my great grandmother cousin was a grassi.
Hello from Thorold, Ontario Canada.
My mother’s family on both sides were from your beautiful town. My grandmother was Emilia Cerutti and my grandfather was Giovanni Zanni. I do not have their birth dates but my mother would have been 89 years old now. The only thing I know is that when she was young she lived in a house beside her grandmother and from a picture I saw they looked like identical homes, side by side, with balconies on the second floor. They looked perched on the side of a cliff with a roadway below. I don’t know where to begin asking questions so if you can provide me with any information to start with it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you so much for any information you may provide.
Ciao Fran
Hi,
I am not sure if there is a connection to you or not, but my mother’s great-grandmothers on her mother’s side were both Zanni’s. My son has been looking up our family history this week and we have discovered that my mother’s grandfather Andrew (Andrea) Tiboni, who was from Falmenta in Piedmonte had a mother named Guiseppe (Giuseppina?) Zanni and whose wife Catherine (Caterina) Grassi also had a mother who was a Zanni’s named Martha. I am not sure if there is a connection to Giovanni Zanni or not, but Andrew Tiboni emigrated to Thunder Bay and his daughter Alessandrina Tiboni then moved to Sudbury with her husband Giovanni Vecchies and children. We do have a connection to the Cerutti’s in Sudbury which we have assumed to be second cousins to my mother Rena Vecchies-Baggio. My aunt Anita First noticed this message from you and is interested in finding out more information as well.
Ciao, Shirley