Genealogy in Cigliano
Tracing your Italian roots back to Cigliano (in Vercelli 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 Cigliano.
Cigliano family history at a glance
- Region: Piemonte
- Province: Vercelli
- 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 Cigliano
Over the years, ItalianSide has conducted genealogy research on historical families from Cigliano, involving many surnames traditionally found in the town, including branches of the following families: Arborio, Carando, Bono, Castellina, Bellotto, Regis, Cena, Bobba, Bollea, Bessone, Vercellone, Pino, Carlino, Autino 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 Cigliano 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 Cigliano 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 Cigliano
If your ancestors came from Cigliano, in Vercelli 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 Cigliano
Vital records for people born, married or deceased in Cigliano are usually preserved in:
- Cigliano City Hall archives: civil records (births, marriages, deaths) from 1860 onwards.
- Cigliano 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 Cigliano
In towns and villages of Piemonte and in Vercelli province, as Cigliano, 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 Cigliano from that year onwards.
(If your goal is to obtain Italian citizenship and you need official certificates from Cigliano, please follow this link.)
If your ancestors lived in Cigliano during the past centuries, the City Office of Cigliano 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 Cigliano.
- 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 Cigliano.
Street names in Cigliano
The names of the street in Cigliano, can help identify ancestral addresses found in civil records, parish documents, and old family papers.
At today, some of the main streets in Cigliano are: CORSO GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO, VIA FARINI, VIA FRATELLI ROSSELLI, CORSO UMBERTO PRIMO, CORSO VERCELLI, VIA PASTORIS, VIA VENTI SETTEMBRE, VIA GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI, VIA SANTA CLARA, VIA PIETRO MICCA, STRADA RONCHI, STRADA PER SALUGGIA, VIA SILVIO PELLICO, VIA PASQUALE BERTAZZI, VIA FUSCAGLIA, VIA ROMA, STRADA VECCHIA PER LIVORNO, VIA QUATTRO NOVEMBRE, VIA GUIDO BOBBA, VIA SANT’ANNA and others.
If you want help to identify street names connected with your ancestors in Cigliano just follow the link below.
Population trends in Cigliano
The chart below shows the demographic trends in Cigliano 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 Cigliano
Church archives in Vercelli 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 Cigliano 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 Cigliano:
S. EMILIANO – Corso Re Umberto I, 30
Our experts could search registers and historical religious documents collected and kept at the diocesan archive:
Archivio Diocesano di Vercelli – Piazza Sant’Eusebio, 10 – 13100 Vercelli
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 Vercelli – Via Alessandro Manzoni, 11 – 13100 Vercelli VC
Historical and photographic sources available in private archives
Historical photographs, prints, and documents from private collections—including ItalianSide’s archive of vintage images from Cigliano 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 Cigliano
Historical cadastral and land records used to identify property ownership, track real estate transfers over time, and confirm the historical presence of families within Cigliano. ItalianSide provides professional assistance in accessing and interpreting these records, where available.
Planning a visit to Cigliano
From our experience, if you plan to visit Cigliano 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 Cigliano
If you need professional support from our local genealogist in the Cigliano area, write to cigliano@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 Cigliano
Here below you can read messages from other visitors in the Cigliano forum. If you simply want to discuss genealogy in Cigliano with other people, feel free to leave a message.
Hi! My name is Florencia, i am from Argentina, and I am looking for my ancestors in Cigliano, their names are Domenico Merletti born in 1890 and Caterina Apolonio born in the same year. my great-great-grandfather’s name was Giuseppe Merletti, and he was married to Angela Cagliera. Any information will help me a lot. Thank you so much
My grandparents, Luigi Bellotti and Maddelena Ramella Bellotti were from Cigliano along with my Aunt Maria Bellotti Arborio and Uncle Antonio Bellotti after whom I am named. They came to Massachusetts in 1904-1907 and settled in Springfield, MA where my Aunt Luisa Bellotti Franco, Aunt Lena Bellotti Maurizio, and my dad Joseph Bellotti were born. I would love to talk to anyone who has information or documents about them. Thank you for your kind consideration
Anthony my grandfather came over from Cigliano during the same time as yours. He also settled in Springfield Massachusetts before moving to Ayer, Massachusetts. Their last name was Autino. I looked through the names that you mentioned and they are not familiar to me. I wish you the best in your search!
Hi Anthony, I am also looking for my great great grandparents from Cigliano. They were Ernest and Giovanna Bellotti. They also settled in Massachusetts, Wareham and the in New Bedford. I wonder if we are related? Have you been able to find anything in your searches? I am very interested in finding their birth and marriage certificates.
Best,
Erika
quite a few bellotis in New Bedford, ma
Looking for Chiodo and Autino families. My grandmother was Antoinetta Chiodo and she married Domenico Autino. He came to the US in 1917 and she came over in 1922 and they settled in Massachusetts. All from Cigliano. I had the pleasure of visiting this region years ago, a special place.
Hello Sandy! I just find this website, I’m part of the Chiodo’s family in Cigliano and we still live in Cigliano. Wer econstructed the Chiodo’s genealogical tree through the documents at the Church Archive. It will be a pleasure to help to find your grandmother’s line.
You could send me an email.
Ciao
There were autinos is in New Bedford, ma…only living relative would be Carl mcgregor
Looking for Tessiore family who lived in this region. Grandad stayed and the family moved to Argentina. Thank you so much
I’m trying to find any information that I can about the Perucca, Origliasso and Devecchio families..Any information at will be greatly appreciated!! I’m working on my family tree again and trying to trace my Italian roots.
Trying to find relatives from Cigliano as we will be visiting this September. Family names are Laurenti and the other is Derossi.
My great grandmother was from Cigliano her name was Rosa Arborio her birthdate would have been around 1885. She married my great grandfather Melchiore Reale his birth year would have been about the same. He remarried Teresa Regis in approximately 1907. We have extremely little information about them. We know they frequently traveled Via the port of Genoa to Ellis Isand USA to visit relatives. We would love any and all help. Marriage date for them death certificates. Their parents names anything to help would be amazing … thank you.
Lianna I know it has been 2 years since you wrote your e-mail about your great grandmother Rosa Arborio, and I just saw it for the first time today in the geneology website in Cigliano. My great uncle, John Arborio, was I believe from Cigliano and probably born the same time as your great grandmother. I say believe because I was looking for my father’s family with surname Calliera who I know is from Cigliano. My great uncle started a construction business in New York State and was quite successful. He put in parts of the New York Thruway, the Taconic Parkway,and Palisades Parkway. The article I have from The Poughkeepsie Journal, dated November 8, 1964, gives all the names and miles. He started in !914 with $5,000, a second hand $800 hand roller, picks and shovels, and a car. In 1964 his company was worth 3 million dollars in equipment and hiring of 1000.workers during the height of construction. My father was honored at his uncle’s 50th anniversary with 35 years of service. He and another gentleman, Armando Martin, worked with my great uncle longer than the family members did. Lianna, I must admit that I have been at this computer for 3 hours actually searching if I am some how related to Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea and whose great grandfather was from Cigliano. I know in family pictures there is the name Bollea from Cigliano on both sides..My great uncle married Mary Bollea and my parents families were from Cigliano. I must get going to accomplish some things before my family has a hissy fit. Good Luck
My grandmother, rosa Germany rigazio, was related to a John arborio from Connecticut, who had a construction company. She loaned him money to get started. She was from cigliano. We could be related. Linda busnengo Poyant
There were autinos is in New Bedford, ma…only living relative would be Carl mcgregor
My grandmother was related to rose arborio…she lived in Connecticut..the regales and Regis lived in new bedfor…my grandmother Katerina Regis Busnengo died in 1922
My grandmother gave money to the arborio construction to help him get started…cousins
My father was born in Cigliano on January 1, 1897. I would like to know the genealogy of my father’s parents,grandparents and great grandparents.If that is possible , how do I proceed ?
I am visiting this summer to Italy and believe my great grandfather is buried in Cigliano. Bartolomeu Vigliano, died in 1959. Any help is appreciated! His son John Vigliano is my Grandfather.
My great grandmother, Margherita Balegno, was from Cigliano. Not sure if she was born there. The manifest from the ship La Bourgogne from Havre to New York says that is were she was from. The arrival date in New York was 27 March 1898. She travelled with her mother Maria Marchetti. Her father’s name is Emilio Balegno. The manifest says that she was 6 months old upon arrival. This would mean that she was born around September or October 1897. I have had a search done in Cigliano (Vc) that returned no result for her birth. How can I get a baptismal registration of her birth? I do not know which church would have that information. Please let me know if you can help me. I will need this document for my application for Italian Citizenship. Thank you.
Hi,
My great-great-grandfather was named Maurizio Giobellina and as far as I know he had 1 brother named Fortunato and 1 sister named Gina. The 3 of them came to Switzerland back beg. of 20th century.
Unfortunately I do not own more details, like birth date or so…
Even parents names are unknown despte the fact that I asked almost all members from the familiy. The eldest are all gone.
Thanks in advance for your help and support.
Lionel
Lionel,
My great-grandmother – Elena (Helene Magdelana) Giobellina (see message below) also had a brother – Fortunato and lived in Paudex, Switzerland early 20th cent. I don’t have any information on a brother Maurizio.
Perhaps we are still related.
Susan
My great grandmother, Elena Giobellina, was born in Cigliano on April 24, 1890. I am trying to confirm her parents and grandparents names and dates of birth/death.
I believe her parents are: Antonio Giobellina and Catherine Bobba.
Grandparents: Fortunato Giobellina + Catherine Carando.
Guiseppe Bobba + Maria Bablia (?)
Any information would be greatly appreciated!
Hello Susan: While searching for my own ancestors, I was looking through records from the church in Cigliano, Vercelli and ran across the marriage document for Antonio Giobellina and Catterina Bobba. I’m happy to email a copy of that document to you if you will give me your email address. Not sure that will be possible, so I will spell out the details of the document here:
They were married on January 22, 1884 in Cigliano.
Antonio’s father was Fortunato, whose father was Pietro. His mother was Catterina Carando, whose father was Giuseppe Carando.
Catterina’s father was Giuseppe, whose father was Batista. Her mother was Maria Giolito, whose father was Bernardo Giolito
This forum is not dated, so you may already have this information.