Thanks erudita74

I have looked for my John Lando b 1836 again but no luck. He was on all the Scottish Censuses from 1851 as born in Genoa but a British Subject. When I originally looked at these records they were the original enteries.

I will again at the Catholic records online.

A few years ago I searched the following at the local Family History Centre but found nothing.

The Genoa British Chaplaincy Parish registers for births Film no.883830.

The Microfilm of original manuscripts for rites performed by Anglican clergy for British subjects living in Genoa, Livorno and ...

mmogno

Thanks for all the links as I cannot speak Italian I am having to use google to Translate which takes time, the ugly page makes interesting reading.
Why was John escaping as a stowaway when there was a British Ship in the harbour I wonder what crime had he committed?
Giovanni Battista Lando ...

The family story is that my ancestor John Lando escaped from Genoa as a young man because there was some sort of vendetta against the family. A member of his family was a crew on a ship that John escaped on to Scotland. The crew members were most probably a Giovanni Battista Lando and Angelo Marengo ...

Hi I sent a private message to a memeber who had tried to contact me some 3 years ago but I have not had a reply. Is there any way of contacting him now as I have some information for him concerning our Lando connection.

The members name is Matthew Cachia Zammit, I believe he is based in Malta ...

I now believe that John Lando left Genoa because of Italian War period named the Sack of Genoa.It happened between 5 April and 11 April 1849 when soldiers resorted to the most petty actions against civilians, raping women and killing fathers and brothers who opposed the massacre, firing at the ...

Livio

Thank you very much in assisting me in the search to find my ancestor. I have sent a letter today and hope to have success.

Thank you again

Maggie

Livio
I have received this reply from Italy

Con riferimento alla Sua richiesta intesa ad ottenere l'estratto dell'atto di nascita di Giovanni Lando e John Lando, Le comunichiamo che i nostri registri hanno decorrenza dall'anno 1866 e che, pertanto, siamo nell'impossibilità di evadere la Sua ...

Thanks Livio for that information a letter is on its way.

Maggie

I have now found that Captain Gionanni Lando obtained his Masters Certificate in 1866, giving his place of birth as MONEGLIA, GENOA in 1833. Are there any Baptism records available for this area?

On the 1911 Scottish Census my John Lando states he is British by parentage i.e one perant is British ...

Peter
There are no records of the Captain Lando's dying at sea on the British records. Our John did come from Genoa.

I have all the British Census's and birth details of Lando, Landi and Landau. A person visited a Lando cousin in Scotland as his name was Lando and said 3 Lando's came to England and ...

I posted my query on the Genova Forum but I have not received any relevant information to date.

Giovanni Lando died at sea on 26/7 June 1873 and the other Captain A O Lando died near Cardiff, Wales on 25 November 1899. Would their death be notified in Italy and if so would they be on the death ...

Thanks Peter and Liviomoreno

That's good news that Giovanni is the same as John as it helps sort out a puzzle we had.
The family story is that our John Lando left Italy as there was some sort of vendetta against the family. His father was a Petty Officer in the Italian Merchant Navy and arranged ...

I have received information from The Lloyds of London Index of Sea Captains.

Giovanni Lando born Genoa in 1833 was made a Captain in 1866. He was on a vessel named Austerlitz which went missing on 25/26 June 1873.

I believe that he was my ancestor's brother John Lando who went to Scotland aged 14 ...

We have found out that the Poletti family were China Merchants in Biggar Scotland so when in the late 1890's a Ships Captain possibly John Lando's brother arrived in Biggar to try to find his brother but with no luck.

John's brother was probably on the ship supplying china to the Poletti family ...