[Bitetto Italy Record Information]

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:: Bitetto Italy Record Information

Basically, there are two originating sources producing birth, marriage, and death records.  One is the Commune of Bitetto and the other is the church of the Cathedral also in Bitetto.  Older original records can be found in the Bari, Italy archives,  and copies in the church of the Later Day Saints.  The condition of some of the old records have been waterlogged, faded, or illegible.

 The records in the Commune do not go as far back as the church records.  Up to the late 1850s the church marriage and death records lacked vital information.  The marriage records only contained the names of the bride and groom, the date they were married, and only the names of their fathers.  Omitted were the names of their mothers.  This created a problem as to what particular family they were children of.  The death records were of a similar circumstance.  If the deceased was not married, it would, for example, show Loverro Matteo, figlio de Rocco.  That was it.  If the deceased was married, it showed only the name of the spouse and neither of their parents.  The Commune records, in general, were more complete, only they did go as far back in time as the church.  To some extent, what I did was to start looking at birth certificates 9 months to 8 years later after the date of the marriage and look for the name of the groom and the first name of the bride. If they matched, it gave me the missing info.General Bitetto, Italy Record Information:   Basically, there are two originating sources producing birth, marriage, and death records.  One is the Commune of Bitetto and the other is the church of the Cathedral also in Bitetto.  Older original records can be found in the Bari, Italy archives,  and copies in the church of the Later Day Saints.  The condition of some of the old records have been waterlogged, faded, or illegible.  The records in the Commune do not go as far back as the church records.  Up to the late 1850s the church marriage and death records lacked vital information.  The marriage records only contained the names of the bride and groom, the date they were married, and only the names of their fathers.  Omitted were the names of their mothers.  This created a problem as to what particular family they were children of.  The death records were of a similar circumstance.  If the deceased was not married, it would, for example, show Loverro Matteo, figlio de Rocco.  That was it.  If the deceased was married, it showed only the name of the spouse and neither of their parents.  The Commune records, in general, were more complete, only they did not go as far back in time as the church.  To some extent, what I did was to start looking at birth certificates 9 months to 8 years later after the date of the marriage and look for the name of the groom and the first name of the bride. If they matched, it gave me the missing info.