Searching for ancestors in Veneto

[sirrush]

Greetings everyone!

I am completely new to Italian genealogy. Most of my family tree is French, and as you may know French genealogy is a piece of cake (centralized, no border changes, almost all online). However I have recently interested myself in the Italian quarter of my family, which happens to be my paternal line, my surname. However I have found it very complicated to make any headway in this direction, since the archives (particularly in Veneto) have changed hands from period to period and are not readily available online.

This is what I know:

My grandfather, Mario, was born in southwestern France in 1925 just after his parents' immigration. His father was Guerrino Busolin. I have pictures of his passport, which tells me he was born on the 8th of September, 1892 in Cimadolmo, a village on the banks of the Piave, in Treviso province (Veneto). He was the son of Paolo Busolin and Marina Belussi (or Bellussi), and his wife was Oliva Bonotto, who was from what I have been told most probably from the nearby village of San Polo di Piave.

This is all the information I have, and I do not know how to proceed. From what I've gathered, FamilySearch is the genealogy database with the widest amount of information for Italy. In fact, they have the stato civile (civil registration) database for Treviso province, 1871-1941. However, they have no information for the comune of Cimadolmo. Does this mean that the database has no information, due to say destruction (the Piave river was the WWI frontline) or loss of archives? Or is the archive not entirely uploaded?

Beyond this, even if I were to take manners into my own hands and send a letter to the town hall of Cimadolmo, I do not know what I would ask exactly since I have no way of knowing when or where Guerrino was married to his wife Oliva, and I doubt that the birth act would give me any more information than I already have.

So that's that. Any advice, any tips on how to go on with my quest would be more than welcome!

Thanks in advance and have a great summer!

- A. Busolin

[sirrush]

Bumping this. Where are my fellow Venetians at?

[bbivona]

You might try to get a little information on Oliva Bonotto. There are some online records for San Polo di Piave. You can probably get some family member info, and possibly they indicate on her birth record when she married or emigrated.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... %20Library

There are Napoleonic era records for Cimadolmo, so clearly at least some records survived the war. The provincial archives are usually your best bet for older records like the ones you're looking for. Most have online listings of the records they hold, typically some online and some physical. Unfortunately at the archives in Treviso all they show for either status for Cimadolmo is those Napoleonic archives, so it doesn't look good for that. Another option would be church records. Since those are also not at the provincial archives, you'll have to contact the parish directly to see if they have archives.
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Tr ... _Genealogy

[mmogno]

The marriage of Guerrino Busolin & Oliva Bonotto was celebrated in San Polo di Piave in 1922. Marriage act is #43, Parte I, year 1922.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... at=2387908
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... at=2387908

You can ask the Municipality of S. Polo for the document: demografici@comune.sanpolodipiave.tv.it

https://www.comune.sanpolodipiave.tv.it ... afico.html
Orario di apertura al pubblico:
Lunedì, Mercoledì, Giovedì, Venerdì, Sabato: dalle 10.00 alle 12.30
Martedì: dalle 15.00 alle 17.00

Contatti:
Tel. 0422.855106 – 0422.855140 int. 2
Fax 0422.855760

[gaspaol]

The town hall should have records dating back to 1871. Even if the war destroyed its archive, which is very likely considering its position, they most probably recreated those documents thanks to the copies kept by the Treviso courthouse.
For acts created earlier than the 1st of September 1871 you have to search in the parish, but there is a possiility that even church books where destroyed during WWI and if that's the case those are lost for good unfortunately.

These are the contacts for the parish of Cimadolmo:
http://www.diocesitv.it/blog/wd-annuari ... o-papa-40/

[claudeteruthes]

FRANCESCO SCHIOCCHET