Antonimina Genealogy Resources

These pages bring together genealogical information to help people researching their family history and will be extended as time and resources permit.

Initially the resources will be split into two sections.

The first section, a list of all known emigrants from Antonimina, will help you trace your family back to Antonimina from where your family moved to. This list presently contains about 325 names but we hope to extend this list as more and more information becomes available. The information on this list is as accurate as we can make it but please bear in mind that the dates of birth and date of emigration should be treated as approximate (+ - 2 years) and that for women the name might be either their family name or their married name.

The second section, a list of family names from the village, will help you to trace possible family connections to the village as it is today. Presently this list is not complete but we hope to complete it by the end of 2007 and, once complete, we will keep it updated. Maybe you still have relatives in Antonimina?

A microfilm version of the civil record of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Civil Events for the period 1809 - 1865 is available via your local Mormon church family research centre

click here for more detailed information listing the data available

All civil records from 1865 to today are available from the town hall via Consalvo, Antonimina, 89040 RC: Telephone +39 (0)964 312000.

We may be able to arrange for copies of birth, confirmation, marriage and death certificates to be obtained from the public and church records: Please contact us if you need help.

The photograph below should be a poignant reminder of your family's past.

It is a photograph I took from the coastal town of Locri, the nearest rail and road link for those leaving Antonimina in search of a new life. The direction of the view is looking back towards Antonimina which is in the hills.

After a day's walk and carrying all their belongings as they started on their long journey of emigration to the USA, Australia or elsewhere in Europe this evening view is probably the last view of Antonimina that they would have had.

It must certainly have been a long hard walk for my grandfather because, as you can see from his photograph below, his luggage (including a double bass) must have been heavier than most peoples!

If you think there is something that we could help you with please contact us

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Parrocchia S. Nicola di Bari
Piazza Regina Elena 18
89040 Antonimina
Reggio Calabria
Italy

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