FamilySearch's 'Full-Text' Search is a Game Changer!

While researching my family name this morning, I came across a new person, born in 1730, who I didn't have in my tree. What is interesting about Rocco Vito Salvatore Misseri is that his parents, Cesare Misseri and Rosa Corpora, only had one child that I knew about: Margherita Lo Misseri (born 23 Oct 1714 in Carini). Now that I discovered Rocco Vito Salvatore Misseri (born 7 Dec 1730 in Palermo), I now will continue to do research on this family because there has to be other children born between 1714 and 1730. But I will not be looking hard in the Carini records, but more in the Palermo baptism records. The way that I discovered this person, is by using "Full-Text Search" on FamilySearch. It's a game changer. Thanks FamilySearch.org!

So, this is a reminder for all those that do research:

1. If you don't find other children for a family, think outside the box and search outside of Carini in the neighboring towns or cities.
2. And if you haven't tried using "Full-Text Search" feature on FamilySearch, you really need to give it a try. There is lots to be discovered.

Here are the details of the birth record I found:

• Rocco Vito Salvatore Misseri 
• born: 6 Dec 1730
• baptized: 7 Dec 1730
• parents: Cesare & Rosa Corpora
• place: Palermo (city)

Rocco Vito Salvatore Misseri - Birth Record, FamilySearch

Source Citation:

"Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9L-5Q8C-L?view=explore : Feb 28, 2026), image 30 of 266; .

Image Group Number: 007806496

Well, 'Full-Text' Search comes through again for me and this time, it is for the death record for Rocco Vito Salvatore Misseri.

It's really amazing to use the newest technology and have it work for you. And after playing with FamilySearch.org's 'Full-Text' Search feature, I have come to use another option built into by using the Image Group Number (DGS) feature in the search box. If you know you are getting results with the certain record group, trying to add the number to your searches and it will just search within that group of images. Also, try using the Filters to narrow down the years or whatever works for you.

Here are the details of the death record I found:

• Rocco Misseri
• father: Cesare 
• death: 26 Jul 1733
• place: Palermo (city)

Rocco Misseri - Death Record, FamilySearch

Source Citation:

"Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9L-2Q8F-G?view=explore : Feb 28, 2026), image 139 of 662; .

Image Group Number: 007806600

Carini: Deceased Brothers of the Congregation 1746 to the Present (1974)

About a year ago, I stumbled across a set of documents tucked inside a group of death records on FamilySearch that I found interesting. It is a list of Italian Catholic priests that served in the Carini area from 1746 to 1974. I had a conversation with Suzanne Adams Russo regarding the list of names, and she helped me with some of the abbreviations that were used. Suzanne sent me a link from the Internet Archive of a book, Dictionary of Latin to Italian Abbreviations by Adriano Cappelli [published in 1929]. It is a wonderful book and if you are doing any type of research of old Italian documents, the manuscript needs to be on your bookshelf as a reference item. And, oh, it's FREE. Now there's no excuse for not having it as part of your Italian genealogical toolkit! Soon after talking with Suzanne, I transcribed and compiled the list into a spreadsheet, which I have included in this blog post.

Here is the direct link to the records on FamilySearch: Carini. Death Certificates 1804, 1809–1878

Abbreviation Key:
Rev. = Reverendo (Reverend)
Mro. = Maestro (Teacher)
Dr. = dicitur, distinguitur (distinguished)
D. = Don (a title of respect or honor, someone important)
Dr. D. = Distinguished Don
Not. / Notar. = Notaio (Notary)
Sac. = Sacerdote (Priest)
Arci = Arciprete (Arch-Priest)
Fisico (Physicist)
Maggiore (greater)
Economo = ??? {unknown, I could use some help with the meaning of this word}
Anello = ??? {unknown, I could use some help with this abbreviation}
Bno. / Ble. = ??? {unknown, I could use some help with these abbreviations}

Note:
Something that is interested regarding this list, is that everyone with the “Mro.” (or Teacher), title, has the name “Nunzio” attached to their name. Not sure what is going on with this, maybe someone can help figure it out.

Title #1	Title #2	Surname	Given Name	Death Date	Notes
Rev.	D.	Grippi	Filippo
Rev.	Dr. D.	Graffagnino	Gian Battista		Arci
Rev.	Dr. D.	Noledo	Ignazio
Rev.	D.	Camialo (sp?)	Francesco
Rev.	D.	Pignataro	Francesco
Rev.	D.	Marino	Giuseppe
Rev.	Dr. D.	Mancuso	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	di Bella	Andrea
Rev.	D.	Amato	Santo
Rev.	Dr. D.	Marchisi	Andrea		Arci
Rev.	D.	Cavoli	Pietro
Rev.	D.	Barrila	Domenico
Rev.	D.	Buzzetta	Domenico
Rev.	Dr. D.	di Bella	Matteo
Rev.	D.	Bubbeo	Giuseppe
	D.	Ballerino	Vincenzo
	Mro.	Corpora	Francesco		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Amato	Antonino
Rev.	D.	Pignataro	Diego
Rev.	D.	Chianti	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	Mignano	Antonino
Rev.	Dr. D.	Sarmiento	Antonino
Rev.	Dr. D.	Canepa	Pietro		Arci
Rev.	Dr. D.	Amato	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	di Gregorio	Giovanni
Bne.	D.	Marchisi	Antonino
Rev.	D.	Ruggeri	Francesco
Rev.	D.	Riggio	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	Galluzzo	Antonino
Rev.	Dr. D.	Scavo	Francesco		Arci
Rev.	D.	Lo Vecchio	Francesco
Bne.	D.	Marchisi	Vincenzo
	D.	Riggio	Gaetano
Rev.	D.	Mignano	Rosario
Rev.	D.	Amato	Cristoforo
Rev.	D.	Baiada	Giacomo
Rev.	D.	Riggio	Francesco
	D.	Gambara	Domenico		Arci
Rev.	D.	Sanchez	Giuseppe
	Mro.	Picone	Antonino		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Mananzano	Francesco
Rev.	D.	Canepa	Nicola
Rev.	D.	Chianti	Giuseppe
Rev.	Dr. D.	Ballerino	Carlo		Arci
Not.	D.	Amato	Giuseppe
	Mro.	Pellerito	Giuseppe		Nunzio
Rev.	Dr. D.	di Bella	Antonino
Rev.	D.	Canepa	Giuseppe
Rev. Bne.	D.	Badalamenti	Luigi
Rev.	D.	Leone	Emmanuele
	D.	Gaglio	Pietro		Arci
	Mro.	Orlando	Alberto		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Oliveri	Agostino
Rev.	D.	Attisano	Pasquale		Arci
	Dr. D.	Orso	Salvatore		Fisico
Rev.	D.	Marchisi	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	Catalano	Rosario
Rev.	Dr. D.	Mignano	Antonino
	Mro.	Scrivano	Gaetano		Nunzio
Rev.	Dr. D.	Guastella	Calogero		Arci
Rev.	D.	Cicala	Carlo
Rev.	D.	Guastella	Vincenzo
	Mro.	Curreri	Croce		Nunzio
	Mro.	Scrivano	Salvatore		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Lo Vecchio	Francesco
Rev.	D.	Riggio	Gaetano
Rev.	D.	Sanchez	Vito
	Mro.	Armetta	Antonio		Nunzio
	Mro.	Pecoraro	Antonino		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Picone	Nicola
Rev.	D.	Carollo	Francesco
	Dr. D.	di Bella	Matteo		Fisico
Rev.	D.	Ferranti	Giuseppe		Maggiore
	Mro.	Marino	Dima		Nunzio
Notar.	D	Sanchez	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	Ferranti	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	Buffa	Pietro
Rev.	D.	Nania	Liborio		Arci
Rev.	D.	Picone	Vito
Rev.	D.	Ruffino	Salvatore
Rev.	D.	Randazzo	Sebastiano
Rev.	D.	Oliveri	Domenico
	Mro.	Alfeo	Antonino		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Geraci	Stefano
Rev.	D.	Geraci	Antonino
Rev.	D.	Graffagnino	Pietro
Rev.	D.	Marchiano	Ottavio		X
Rev.	D.	Costantino	Croce
Rev.	D.	Passalacqua	Vito
Rev.	D.	Riggio	Filippo
Rev.	D.	Cususamo	Vito
Rev.	D.	Cicala (sp?)	Carlo Maria
	Dr. D.	Franzina	Giachino		Fisico
	Dr. D.	Canepa	Calogero		Arci
Rev.	D.	Pellerito	Ambrogio
Rev.	D.	Balsamo	Giovanbattista
	Dr. D.	Oliveri	Stefano		Arci
Rev.	D.	Cavoli	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	Amato	Antonino
Rev.	D.	Pecoraro	Pasquale
	D.	Geloso	Agostino
Rev.	D.	Amato	Antonino		2o
Rev.	D.	Abbate	Ambrogio
	Mro.	Morici	Giacomo		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Gatto	Vincenzo		Arci
	Mro.	Pecoraro	Filippo		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Carollo	Salvatore
Rev.	D.	Oliveri	Domenico
Rev.	D.	Cususamo	Salvatore
Rev.	D.	Jacona	Francesco
Rev.	D.	Maniscalco	Vito
Rev.	D.	Guercia	Salvatore
Rev.	D.	Riggio	Cristoforo		Arci
Rev.	D.	Mannino	Vincenzo
Rev.	D.	Lombardo	Stefano		Anello
Rev.	D.	Randazzo	Vincenzo		Economo
	Mro.	Mannino	Agostino		Nunzio
Rev.	D.	Cataldo	Matteo
Rev.	D.	Attisano	Cristoforo		Arci
Rev.	Sac. D.	Gambino	Antonio
Rev.	Sac. D.	Cavoli	Antonino
Rev.	Sac. D.	Cususamo	Giuseppe
Rev.		Pecoraro	Francesco
Rev.		Mannino	Antonino Maria
Rev.	Sac. D.	Scrivano	Giovanni
		Abbate	Antonino
	Mro.	Mannino	Vincenzo		Nunzio
	D.	Abbate	Giuseppe		Arci
Rev.		Randazzo	Stefano
Rev.	Sac.	Curreri	Salvatore
	Sac. D.	Randazzo	Antonino
Rev.		Mannino	Pasquale		Arci
Rev.	D.	Cangialosi	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	Frisella	Giuseppe
Rev.	Sac.	Giambanco	Giuseppe
Rev.	Sac.	Amato	Filippo
Rev.	Sac.	Mineo	Vito
		Lentini	Antonino		Nunzio
Rev.	Sac.	Lombardo	Stefano
		Pecoraro	Salvatore		Nunzio
Rev.	Sac.	Mineo	Antonino
Rev.	Sac.	Cangelosi	Pietro
Rev.	Sac.	Romano	Ambrogio		Arci
Rev.	Sac.	Cavoli	Giuseppe
Rev.	D.	La Fata	Giuseppe	25 Feb 1909	Arci
Rev.	Sac.	Buffa	Rosario
Rev.	Sac.	di Gregorio	Vincenzo
Rev.	Sac.	Calderone	Salvatore
		Mannino	Giuseppe		Nunzio
Rev.	Sac.	Armetta	Vito
Rev.	Sac.	Badalamenti	Giovanni
Rev.	Sac.	Buffa	Giuseppe
Rev.	Sac.	Canepa	Giuseppe
Rev.	Sac.	Cavoli	Salvatore
Rev.	Sac.	Carollo	Giovanni	1917
	Sac. D.	Misseri	Cesare	3 Apr 1904
	Sac.	Buffa	Antonino	1918
	Sac.	Purpura	Giuseppe	1918
	Sac.	Misseri	Antonino	1926
	Sac.	Carollo	Giovanni	1926
	Sac.	Cavoli	Vito	1926
	Sac.	Picone	Giuseppe	1927
	Sac.	???	Giuseppe	1928
	Sac.	???	Vincenzo	1929
	Sac.	Gallina	Vincenzo	1933
Rev.	D.	Mannino	Tommaso	11 Apr 1936	Arci / Monsignor D. insigne e benemerito
	Sac.	di Stefano	Giuseppe	8 Jun 1943
	Sac.	Abbate	Rosario	4 Mar 1974
	Sac.	Badalamenti	Antonino	13 Feb 1967
	Sac.	La Fata	Giuseppe	15 Feb 1957

Here is the source citation for the first page of the list of names:
"Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-69G9-THY?view=explore : Feb 2, 2026), image 1828 of 1835; Curia Arcivescovile di Monreale. Image Group Number: 004382652

Researching Italian Genealogical Records

The primary research I am conducting at this time is Italian and it centers around two main areas: Carini (just outside of Palermo, Sicily) and Modugno / Grumo Appula (just outside of Bari, Puglia).

I am very lucky to have roots in Italy because FamilySearch has done a wonderful job of filming church records and state civil documents, which are available on FamilySearch and/or on the Italian government site: Antenati.

As someone who doesn't know Italian or Latin, it has been a learning experience to train my brain how to access and read the records. Let me just say, if I can do it, anyone can do the same. It just takes a little practice and dedication.

If you are new to Italian records, please take a look at these three blog posts from Fortify Your Family Tree:

• How to Read Italian Birth Records
• How to Read Italian Marriage Records
• How to Read Italian Death Records

The instructions are fantastic because they really give you everything you need to read and understand what is being told to you in the Italian records.

By the way, a big "thank you" to DiAnn Iamarino Ohama for the wonderful blog: Fortify Your Family Tree.

In addition to the Italian research, I also work on French-Canadian, English and Hungarian/Slovakian genealogy. It is a real mixed bag of places around the world. But all these places that are researched, just makes me a bit more worldly (even if it is just from the living room couch). More to come about these other places.

Modugno Genealogy

 I'm just writing a short note about a fantastic website, by Frank Santoro, called: Modugno Genealogy. This is a public shout-out to Frank for doing such an amazing job of researching the records of Modugno, and also for sharing all his work, freely to the world. I've added hundreds of descendants to my family, especially di Pinto's and Zonni's. One of the best things about the site, is that all the data entries are sourced, either from: Antenati or FamilySearch.

A New Year! And the story of Carmelo Misseri (x4)

Happy New Year! Let's hope for a great year of researching the family. Hoping to find new stories, missing ancestors, and dates of people that are in the family. With a few hours on this holiday, some new discoveries have been made with distant Misseri's who died almost two hundred years ago.

Francesco Domenico Misseri (b. 25 Jan 1799) and Vincenza Bellia (4 Apr 1799 - 6 Sep 1856) got married on 8 Nov 1818 and started having children right away. But the family ran into bad luck in the mid 1830's. In 1833, they had child number six born on 12 Jul 1833. His name was Carmelo Misseri. However, we know he died because on 2 Dec 1834, they had child number seven, and they named him Carmelo Misseri. Unfortunately, Carmelo died on 1 Feb 1835. And you guessed it, another son was born, and they named him Carmelo too. But not just Carmelo; this time they added an extra name: Carmelo Angelo Misseri. Adding an extra name didn't seem to help because he died too, because their last known child, #12, was named Carmelo Misseri on 11 Aug 1840. All the death dates had been recorded for all the Carmelo Misseri's except Carmelo Angelo Misseri. We knew he died but just didn't know his death date until today. Carmelo Angelo's angel was looking out for him today and the death date was discovered when I was going through the FamilySearch collection called: Carini. Death Records 1831–1844.

• Carmelo Angelo Misseri died on 25 Feb 1836.

What is interesting about Francesco Domenico Misseri and Vincenza Bellia, is that they had two other sons: Carlo Misseri and Cesare Misseri and they were born after the third Carmelo and the last of the children, the fourth Carmelo Misseri. They were determined to have a son named Carmelo, which never came to fruition. Very sad, especially knowing that a third of their children were named Carmelo. I wish I knew who all the Carmelo's were named after. It must of have been someone important to Francesco and Vincenza. And with every new year, they must have had a lot of hope as the calendar changed from December to January.


Descendants of Francesco Domenico Misseri
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1-Francesco Domenico Misseri b. 25 Jan 1799, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. Between 1856 and 1887

    + Vincenza Bellia b. 4 Apr 1799, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 6 Sep 1856,
       Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, par. Giuseppe Francesco Bellia and Giovanna
       Lo Piccolo
                |--2-Cesare Rosario Misseri b. 27 Sep 1819, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |      27 Jul 1837, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Angela Giovanna Misseri b. 30 Apr 1822, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |      26 May 1886, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                | + Pietro Rosario Carmelo Randazzo b. 4 Oct 1815, Carini, Palermo, Sicily,
                |     Italy, d. 4 Apr 1882, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, par. Filippo
                |     Randazzo and Maria Anna Cottone
                |--2-Giuseppe Misseri b. 8 Apr 1824, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 28 Jul
                |      1894, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                | + Isabella Buffa b. 14 Apr 1824, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. After
                |    1866, par. Antonino Buffa and Rosa Jacona
                |--2-Antonino Salvatore Misseri b. 3 Mar 1826, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy,
                |      d. 20 Jul 1827, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Salvatore Misseri b. 22 Nov 1827, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 20
                |      Oct 1887, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                | + Rosaria Maria Armetta b. 27 Sep 1825, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |    After 1891, par. Vito Croce Armetta and Vincenza Nania
                |--2-Carmelo Misseri b. 12 Jul 1833, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 23 Jul
                |      1833, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmelo Misseri b. 2 Dec 1834, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 1 Feb
                |      1835, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmelo Angelo Misseri b. 7 Jan 1836, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d.
                |      25 Feb 1836, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carlo Misseri b. 20 Feb 1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 4 Apr
                |      1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Cesare Misseri b. 20 Feb 1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 4 Mar
                |      1838, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmela Misseri b. 28 Mar 1839, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 10 Apr
                |      1839, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
                |--2-Carmelo Misseri b. 11 Aug 1840, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 11 Oct
                |      1840, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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One Name, One Place Study - #2

It is time to start a new One Name, One Place Study.  I needed a break from all the Grumo Appula records from Antenati and FamilySearch, so I have decided to change to a new region in Italy: the Palermo area of Sicily! This is the other half of my Italian family. Unlike the records of Modugno and Grumo Apppula that are online, the records of Carini are immense. There are baptism, marriage, and death records that go back to the mid-1500s. Can you imagine the sheer volume of records? With this One Name, One Place Study, I have decided that I am going to truly keep it to one name: Misseri. It will make the research so much easier because the Misseri family in Carini was a small family, especially compared to the following families (in no particular order): Anello, Buzzetta, Cottone, Gallina, Genova, Mannino, Randazzo, and Zerillo. I will keep you posted as I move forward with this endeavor. 

Artificial Intelligence has arrived for Carini!

For anyone that is researching their family from Carini (just outside of Palermo, Sicily), you might want to try searching on FamilySearch because they have finally started their indexing of the church records by using Artificial Intelligence. I think FamilySearch started the process on 5 December 2024. Lots of records with the images are showing up in the search, however I am seeing some errors with the names and dates, which you can correct so please don't take every at face value. You really need to read the records and make sure you have everything correct. Good luck! I look at it as an early holiday gift. Happy searching!

Misseri: 1876, a rough couple of months in Carini, Palermo

In the year of 1876, the family of Salvatore Misseri and Anna Lo Geloso experienced a rough and devastating month and a half. The couple had five children and probably living quite comfortable in Carini, especially since Salvatore had the title of 'Don'. But by the beginning of October 1876, that number was down to three. Between 15 Aug 1876 and 4 Oct 1876, Salvatore and Anna lost the following children:

• Cesare Misseri, died on 15 August 1876, record #165
• Rosalia Misseri, died on 24 August 1876, record #176
• Vincenzo Misseri, died on 4 October 1876, record #201

Cesare was 4 years old, followed by Rosalia who was 7, and then, Vincenzo being the oldest of the tree at 11 years old.

Being a researcher and tracking down the vital records of people, sometimes a trend will appear, and it will make you stop and think about the bigger picture of what might have been going on within the family structure. Was there some sort of an accident that led to a medical situation or was it a hygiene issue (bad drink water)? We'll probably never know for sure, but I will keep my eye to see if there were any other social issues going on in Carini in 1876.

Descendants of Don Salvatore Misseri

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1-Don Salvatore Misseri b. 17 Oct 1829, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 9 

    Jan 1903, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

         + Dona Anna Lo Geloso b. 22 Jan 1835, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 21 

            Jan 1910, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, par. Bonaventuro Lo Geloso and Rosa 

            Oliveri

            |--2-Maria Anna Misseri b. 19 Sep 1863, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 30 

            |      Sep 1879, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

            |--2-Vincenzo Misseri b. 30 Nov 1864, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 4 Oct 

            |      1876, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

            |--2-Bonaventuro Francesco Misseri b. 12 Nov 1866, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, 

            |       Italy, d. 3 Apr 1939, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

            |--2-Rosalia Misseri b. 17 Oct 1868, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 24 Aug 

            |      1876, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

            |--2-Cesare Misseri b. 1 Sep 1871, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 15 Aug 

            |      1876, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

            |--2-Grazia Misseri b. 30 May 1875, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, d. 8 Mar 

            |      1905, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

            |--2-Vincenzo Misseri b. 1 Apr 1877, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

            |   + Paolina Margherita Fontana b. 1877, Castellammare del Golfo, Trapani, 

            |      Sicily, Italy, par. Giuseppe Fontana and Anna Pelli alias Lo Cascio

            |--2-Maria Anna Misseri b. 1879, Carini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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One Name, One Place Study - #1

Ok, I'm about to start something I've never done before. Many times, my genealogy research could be enhanced by a comprehensive research log. I do a pretty good job of keeping organized source citations, but never a big and robust log of what I have and haven't done. Well, that is about to change; I'm going to make it a mission to go through each year from 1809 thru 1945. I'm going to essentially do a One Name, One Place Study. The names: Scorca and de Pinto with the place being: Grumo Appula, Bari, Puglia, Italy.

The reason for this place? Well, the records are freely available on the following two site: Antenati and FamilySearch. Most of the years have civil birth, marriage and death records with an index in the back of the book, which will make it easier to search for the two names listed above and then I will keep track of my progress. I will make a note of the records number, the person, date, name of parents, and a link to the actual records. By doing this, I will then have a complete research log of the town of Grumo Appula. I'm not doing every person, just the people with the surnames of Scorca and de Pinto.