If you search your ancestors in Gualdo Tadino, in the province of Perugia, Umbria region, the documents about your Italian family are stored in the City Office archives and in the parishes in the town.This is where to start your family history research.
Civil Records in Gualdo Tadino
In towns and villages of Umbria and in Perugia province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Gualdo Tadino town hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Gualdo Tadino, please follow this link)
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So, if your ancestors lived in Gualdo Tadino during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Gualdo Tadino to know more: our local expert is ready to help you in your research!
Otherwise, if you think to contact the town hall by yourself, we suggest you to read our tips for your search. They are useful advices to search in Umbria and of course in Gualdo Tadino too!
Next picture shows the demographic trends in Gualdo Tadino from the Italian Unification (1861).
This is a necessary info to understand how many people lived in the town in the past.
To go on quickly in your research is important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Gualdo Tadino. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Gualdo Tadino archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that
Church Records in Gualdo Tadino
Church archives in Perugia province may store even older information. You will find religious records of the same events (births, marriages and deaths) but, most important, you could go further back in time!
So in case you would like to go back in centuries, it’s good for you to know that the parish registers in Umbria started during 1500!
They are far less accessible expecially from abroad and very hard to read and decipher if you are not used and skilled.
But our local genealogists, are graduated in history and archivistics so, with their expertise, they can research the church registers of Gualdo Tadino on your behalf.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Gualdo Tadino:
ASSUNZIONE DI MARIA – 06023 PIEVE DI COMPRESSETO PG
ASSUNZIONE DI MARIA – Via Nasciano
S. ANTONIO DI PADOVA – 06023 CERQUETO PG
S. BENEDETTO – Via Morone, 2
S. CRISTOFORO – Caprara di Branca
S. DONATO – Via Santarelli, 1
S. ERCOLANO VESCOVO E MARTIRE – P.gio S.Ercolano
S. FACONDINO – Via S. Facondino
ASSUNZIONE DI MARIA – 06023 PIEVE DI COMPRESSETO PG
ASSUNZIONE DI MARIA – Via Nasciano
S. ANTONIO DI PADOVA – 06023 CERQUETO PG
S. BENEDETTO – Via Morone, 2
S. CRISTOFORO – Caprara di Branca
S. DONATO – Via Santarelli, 1
S. ERCOLANO VESCOVO E MARTIRE – P.gio S.Ercolano
S. FACONDINO – Via S. Facondino
S. GIUSEPPE ARTIGIANO – Via Perugia
S. MARIA DEL CERQUETO – Piazza B.Giacomo, 6
S. MARIA DEL PIANO – Via G. Mameli
S. PELLEGRINO – Piazza S. Pellegrino
S. PIETRO APOSTOLO – Via Rigali, 108 – Rigali
SACRO CUORE – Morano Osteria
SANTI CARLO E FELICITA – Roveto
Anyway for our experience, if you plan to come here, we always suggest to start the research months before the arrival.
In this way you will avoid to waste your holidays in the offices or in the churches dealing with italian bureaucracy .
(Remember that archives are not open to public and officers and priests are not required by law to give you access to the local archives)
With the results gathered by our genealogist before your arrival, you will have more free time to visit the town and surroundings on your ancestors footsteps.
Another important source of information are the notary documents available to expert researchers in the State Archives.
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Gualdo Tadino area , write to gualdotadino@italianside.com or fill the form here.
Our expert will study your request and will reply to you with a plan and a quote for your family research.
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My grand mother’s name was Colomba Fazi. My Grandfather’s name was Antonio Sabbatini. Both were from Gualdo Tadino. If I remember correctly my Grandfather came to the US in 1907. My Grandmother in 1914. They settled in Wilkes Barre, PA. My Grandfather had only 1 sister who died at age 2. My Grandmother had at lest 5 siblings.
Looking for anyone who I might be related to in Gualdo Tadino, Great Granfather was Giovanni Brunetti,born Nov.4 1867, left for USA in 1902..My Grandfather Ernesto Brunetti, born sept 20, 1891,left for USA in 1907, also Brother Leonello Brunetti, born Jan 16,1894……Mother unkown…I will be in the area in June 2015..any information would be helpful……Thanks
Are you from the Chicago area? My family settled in Chicago from Gualdo and had friends with the last name of Brunetti.
I am trying to find information on my maternal grandfather, Raniero Anderlini, born in 1875-76 to Vicenzo and Olimpia Anderlini. I would like to know the names of his siblings.
I would greatly appreciate any information you can provide. Thank you very much.