Genealogy in Pratiglione
Tracing your Italian roots back to Pratiglione (in Torino province, Piemonte region) begins with understanding which records exist and where they are preserved. On this page you’ll find a clear guide to the civil, parish and historical sources available for genealogy in Pratiglione.
Pratiglione family history at a glance
- Region: Piemonte
- Province: Torino
- Type of records: civil and parish records
- Civil registration: in the town hall from 1866 onwards
- Parish records: often older than civil records (in some cases from the late 1500s)
Research experience on families in Pratiglione
Over the years, ItalianSide has conducted genealogy research on historical families from Pratiglione, involving many surnames traditionally found in the town, including branches of the following families: Bertoglio, Regis, Buffo, Pescetto, Data, Martinetto, Carrera, Rossetto, Gaudio, Rolando, Iuculano, Zucco, Giovannini, Coppo and many others.
Many records relating to families and individuals are already stored in our databases and include, in addition to names and dates, further information such as occupations, residential addresses, and key family and social relationships within the Pratiglione community in past centuries.
Part of the information used by ItalianSide in genealogy research derives from a proprietary archive of on-site research conducted over many years in Pratiglione and Piemonte by our experts. This archive includes studies, family trees, and data not available online, such as cross-referenced family relationships, occupational histories, deciphered or translated documents, residential patterns, and visual documentation.
Research activities may include all major sources available at municipal, provincial, and regional level:
• civil records
• parish registers
• notarial archives
• military records
• historical and photographic sources available in private archives
Direct access to local archives and a deep understanding of the local context allow for more complete and accurate results. Research may be carried out using all available sources in both public and private archives.
Genealogy in Pratiglione
If your ancestors came from Pratiglione, in Torino province (Piemonte region), the first step is to identify the local archives where records are kept. Most family history research starts from the civil registry office at the Comune and continues in parish and notary archives.
Where to begin your ancestry journey in Pratiglione
Vital records for people born, married or deceased in Pratiglione are usually preserved in:
- Pratiglione City Hall archives: civil records (births, marriages, deaths) from 1860 onwards.
- Pratiglione parish churches: in Piemonte religious registers, which can often take your research back to the 1600s and sometimes as far as the 1500s.
Civil Records (Stato Civile) in Pratiglione
In towns and villages of Piemonte and in Torino province, as Pratiglione, civil registry officially began on january 1 1866.
A first civil registry system had already been introduced during the Napoleonic period (1806–1814). This means you can often find your ancestors’ civil records in the Town Hall archives of Pratiglione from that year onwards.
(If your goal is to obtain Italian citizenship and you need official certificates from Pratiglione, please follow this link.)
If your ancestors lived in Pratiglione during the past centuries, the City Office of Pratiglione is usually the first place to start your family research. Our local expert can access these records on your behalf and interpret them correctly.
- Professions: discover what your ancestors did for a living.
- Addresses: find the street or house where the family lived in Pratiglione.
- Family links: identify parents, witnesses and neighbours that appear in the records.
- Signatures and notes: see how your ancestors signed and read any marginal annotations.
If you prefer to contact the Town Hall by yourself, we suggest reading our genealogy tips for Italy. They include practical advice for research in Piemonte and specifically in Pratiglione.
Street names in Pratiglione
The names of the street in Pratiglione, can help identify ancestral addresses found in civil records, parish documents, and old family papers.
At today, some of the main streets in Pratiglione are: FRAZIONE CARELLA, FRAZIONE SANTI, VIA ROMA, VICOLO SAN ROCCO, FRAZIONE CHIAPPIGNOLO, VICOLO CAPOVILLA, VICOLO BERCHERA, FRAZIONE VALTORTA, VIA FORNO, FRAZIONE TELLARI, VICOLO COOPERATIVA, FRAZIONE CASE BUFFI, VICOLO CROSA, VICOLO RIVET, VIA PIANI, VIA COSTA and others.
If you want help to identify street names connected with your ancestors in Pratiglione just follow the link below.
Population trends in Pratiglione
The chart below shows the demographic trends in Pratiglione from the Italian Unification (1861). Understanding how many people lived in the town over time is useful when interpreting migration and family movements.
Church Records in Pratiglione
Church archives in Torino province often preserve information that predates civil records. Parish registers include baptisms, marriages and burials and sometimes allow you to push your family tree back into the 1700s and 1600s.
In many areas of Piemonte, parish registers began around the 1500s. These manuscripts are not easy to access from abroad and can be hard to read without specific training.
Our local genealogists, graduated in history and archival studies, can consult the parish archives of Pratiglione on your behalf and reconstruct your family history through the centuries.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Pratiglione:
S. NICOLA VESCOVO – Via Capovilla, 11
Our experts could search registers and historical religious documents collected and kept at the diocesan archive:
Archivio Diocesano di Torino – Via Arcivescovado 12 – 10121 Torino
Notary records and other historical sources
Another important source of information is represented by notary documents, which preserve wills, dowries, property sales and contracts. These records are usually kept in provincial and State Archives and can provide valuable details on the social and economic life of your family.
The provincial archive is:
Archivio di Stato di Torino – piazza Castello 209 (Sezione Corte) and – via Piave 21 (Sezioni Riunite)
Historical and photographic sources available in private archives
Historical photographs, prints, and documents from private collections—including ItalianSide’s archive of vintage images from Pratiglione and Piemonte region are available. Old pictures add significant value to your family history research and offer a real sense of the places where your ancestors once lived.
Military records
Conscription lists and service records documenting physical descriptions, dates and places of enlistment, units and ranks held, periods of service, military postings, transfers, and movements, often providing detailed insight into an individual’s life beyond civil registration.
Cadastral and property records in Pratiglione
Historical cadastral and land records used to identify property ownership, track real estate transfers over time, and confirm the historical presence of families within Pratiglione. ItalianSide provides professional assistance in accessing and interpreting these records, where available.
Planning a visit to Pratiglione
From our experience, if you plan to visit Pratiglione we always recommend starting the research months before your arrival. This way you avoid spending your holidays in offices or churches dealing with bureaucracy.
Remember that archives are not open to the general public and officers or priests are not required by law to grant direct access to the records.
With the results collected by our genealogist before your trip, you will have more time to enjoy the town and its surroundings, walking in the footsteps of your ancestors.
Professional help for research in Pratiglione
If you need professional support from our local genealogist in the Pratiglione area, write to pratiglione@italianside.com or fill the form here. Our expert will study your request and reply with a research plan and a quote tailored to your family history.
Messages from other visitors in Pratiglione
Here below you can read messages from other visitors in the Pratiglione forum. If you simply want to discuss genealogy in Pratiglione with other people, feel free to leave a message.
My great grandfather, Tommaso Turigliatto, born 1863 in Pratiglione to Giocomo Turigliatto and Anna Rollando (daughter of Maria Buffo). Tommaso emigrated to the U.S. alone settling in Kansas. I would appreciate any information anyone may have regarding our family in Pratiglione.
Hi there,
My great-great grandpa Picco was born in Pratiglione in 1873 — Joseph Peter “Joe” Picco. He married my great-grandma Eda Fenoglio and they immigrated to the US (Spring Valley, Illinois). I am 26 & have spent my entire upbringing celebrating my Italian heritage… I’d love to build relationship with anyone that may have connections to my ancestors. Joseph Peter “Joe” is the father of my great-grandfather, Louis Picco, father to my grandfather that recently passed away, Andrew Picco. Andrew Picco and Bernadette Picco (maiden name, Bernadette Saccaro (family from Arsie, Italy)) are my grandparents, now living in Indiana. Please let me know if these names sound familiar. I would love to connect and learn more 🙂
My great-great grandparents were born in Pratiglione and immigrated to the United States and settled in Illinois. John Giacomo left in 1880.
His fiance Marguerite Giovanni, or possibly Giovannio, left in 1881. Marguerite is the daughter of Guiseppi Giovanni. Guiseppi is the son of Stefano Giovannio and Ellena Gaudio. (I’ve found different versions of the last name.)
I’m looking for any information about them. My sister and I want to plan a visit but would like to know that we are coming to the right area.
I sure hope this reaches you. I have not been on here in a long time. My name is Lynne. My Great-great grandparents I think are the same as yours. I have a book about them. My grandma was Wilma Giacomo, daughter of Joe Giacomo who was the son of John Giacomo. They all lived in Pinckneyville, Illinois. My Great great grandma was Marguerite Giovanini. You are more than welcome to look at my family tree!! I would love to find family in Italy. I can only hope that you receive this!!!
My Grandfather name Guido Rocco He was an orphan and given that name in1885. He was adopted by the Giovannini family in Pratiglione Italia. He left at the age of 15 and found his way to Christopher Illinois. There are a lot of secrets about his real name..He would not give out to family, We have a beautiful picture of his adopted mother outside Pratiglione. If she is relative would share. any info is appreciated. Since we can find nothing on him Thanks David
Hello,
My great grandparents came from Pratiglione in April 1893. Albina Turigliatto and her husband was Joseph Picco. His father was Barney Picco and his mother was Minie Buffo. I am researching my family roots and would love to get any information regarding the family. I am planning on visiting the area hopefully in 2020. Thanks.
My grandma came from pratiglione Italy when she was 5 her maiden name was Chiri her name was Dominica. My maiden name is Picco, my grandpas name was John Joseph Picco
My grandfather was born in Pratiglione around 1885. August 16. He was given up and was put in an orphanage. We were told the priests gave him the name Rocco since he was born on the feast of St. Rocco.we would like to know his birth name and his links to France. CAN YOU HELP US? Was there a Catholic orphanage there during this time. Are there birth records? How can we acquire them? His foster mother’s name was Teresa GIavaninni.
He entered the USA as Guido Rocco…
My great-great grandfather was born 18 Apr 1825 at the Maternity Hospital in the City of Torino. He was the son of Gaspare Guglielmino and Teresa Silvano. He was given the name, Valeriano Guglielmino, at birth. He married my great-great grandmother (his second wife) in Prascorsano in 1868. His marriage record states his age and that he was born in the City of Torino on 18 Apr BUT his given age indicates he was born in 1821. This was not true. A researcher in Torino, Italy found documentation that he was given up by his parents shortly after his birth and lived with various foster parents as a child. His name upon marriage was Guglielmo Valeriano. The marriage records combined with the Allegati (attached sometimes to the marriage record) give more of the full story including (in the Allegati) names and locations of some of his foster families. You may find similar information in the marriage and/or Allegati for your relatives in Pratiglione records – church parish (in Latin 1823-1837) (in Italian 1838-1899) and civil (Stato Civile) (1866- around 1920s-1940s). The dates I am giving are for Prascorsano and Pertusio. Pratiglione may differ for some of the years.
hello,
i am interested in learning anything that i can about my family. we are ‘morellos’….
great great great grandfather: giovanni carlo francesco morello
great great great grandmother: maria antonia genisio
great great grandfather: carlo morello [b 1833]
great great grandmother: maria felicita teresa cavaletto [b 1839]
great grandfather: francesco morello [b 1878]
great grandmother: margaret faletti
grandfather: frank charles morello sr.
grandmother: emmeline heidt
father: frank charles morello jr.
mother: sara ann elizabeth clark
is it possible to determine if francesco morello is still considered an italian citizen? he immigrated to the united states in 1899, i believe. i can not quite figure out if he compromised his citizenship by becoming a US citizen.
Hola, en mi árbol familiar, mi tatarabuelo Tomasso Buffo (1861 Pratiglione – 1942 Illinois ) se casó el 30 de noviembre de 1890 en segundas nupcias con su prima Ferdinanda Maria Ernesta Tarrochione Genisio (1871 Pratiglione – 1950 Illinois) y tuvieron 4 hijos : Mary, Joseph, Louis y Anne.
Yo desciendo del primer matrimonio de Tomasso Buffo con Rose Crosetti (1864 Canischio- 1946 Portulare California ) con quien tuvo dos niñas Domenica (1888 -1964 Spring Valley Illinois) y Carolina (1890 Spring Valley Illinois -1982 Canischio Italia)
Como eran pueblos tan pequeños tienen todos algún parentesco