Italian Research

[steve62]

TO ALL THOSE AWAITING REPLIES.

Please be patient and reminders have been sent.

Steve

[mixedupmob]

Thanks Steve, sending you a PM

R.

[mitch601]

Hi steve,  thank you.

[mcoan1991]

Hello,

Looking to find information on ancestors from Stazzema particulary by the surname Gherardi.

My great great granda was called Fabio Gherardi, his wife Marietta lucchesi.

Fabios parents were Onorato Gherardi and Clorinda Buassi?

Any info would be fantastic

[steve62]

Hi,
Welcome to Rootschat.

To start I would need some dates and presume Stazzema in the province of Lucca (Tuscany) is the actual town we are looking at as to B/M/D.  If you have any UK documents they will indicate at least a year.
Just let me know what you know and what you have on the family.

Steve

[mcoan1991]

Hi steve62

Thanks for the reply,
The only dates I have are:

Fabio Gherardi  (my great great grandfather)
Born: 23rd October 1886 in Stazzema
Father: Onorato Gherardi   Mother: Clorinda Gherardi nee Buassi?

Marietta Gherardi nee Lucchesi (my great great grandmother)
Born:16th October 1887 in Cardoso
Father Emilio Lucchesi  Mother: Massima Lucchesi nee Vanni

Fabio and Marietta moved to Scotland around 1909, then to Northern Ireland and I have a bit of information through the records here on their children, But I would like to find out more about their parents Onorato etc, particularly down the Gherardi family as we have very little information them, pretty much just their names!

thanks for all the help!

Matthew

[steve62]

I can obtain the Birth certificates, but it will only state the parents names and no d.o.b. of parents.
The Birth certificates before the Unification of Italy in  the 1860's are more detailed and give the parents age and occupations and address where the child was born , plus witness'.

Let me know if you want the B.C's.  I will try to get the marriage certificate of the parents with a guess range 1885-1887.  It might show there d.o.b. , but not their parents.

Steve

[mcoan1991]

Steve,

That's amazing!

Honestly anything at all will really make me so so happy, and it would be great for my grandfather to see them!

You are a star

[steve62]

Matthew,
Have e-mailed the "Comune di Stazzema" and kindly requested:-

BC - Fabio Gherardi and Marietta Lucchesi
MC - Onorato Gherardi & Clorinda (Buassi?) 1885 circa
MC - Emilio Lucchesi & Massima Vanni 1886 circa

Cardoso comes under the town of Stazzema, so hopefully they will have the info.
It can take time sometimes to get answers and sometimes they just dont bother.  I will diary this and chase them up now again for you and especially for your g.father.

Steve