Yearly Archives : 2020

  • Albino Massa

    I have been snooping through the civil records of Cintano. The recordset that I am currently obsessed with is the civil registrations of Cintano from 1866 to 1930. Specifically, the Allegati or supplemental records for births, marriage, and deaths from 1914 to 1924. This record collection contains the supporting documents used for transcription of registration […]

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  • Cintano

    Walking in Cintano

    Cintano, Italy is a small village perched in the foothills of the Alps. It is located in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, about 35 miles north of Turin. It is a beautiful little village, that I had the great fortune to visit in March of 2019. My great-grandfather, Dominick Rolando was born in Cintano, and […]

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