Hunting History - Finding Family

The last few days have been a whirlwind of information for me. :) First, I was contacted by Mary, who found me while searching for her family, through all things, this blog. (!) Mary then connected me with (distant cousin) Nancy, who claims Pietro Nardin's (my great grandmothers brother) line, and then to Barth Cunico, who is a veritable wealth of information, and has just given me three generations of Strazzabsoco's I did not know.  All in three days!! My initial intention for this blog is simply to record how I search, my leads and dead ends, and those precious few successes.  So now I'll be working on the Strazzabosco's, and hoping that Barth can find more info on the Paganini's and Nardin's as well. He (and I) both find it amazing that he had ONE Nardin listed in his research, and lo and behold, it is my very own great great grandfather Giovanni Nardin (who even I did not know of until just recently.) So, through Barth, I know have all the children of ...

I've been spending a lot of time trying to work on the Italian side of my family tree, simply because it's a challenge; and I love a challenge.  Records from Italy, especially Asiago, have been lost in a variety of ways, including fires, floods, and war.  So this time I'll touch on the German side of my tree; one I know intimately. I think I will start from the top, and this is really just for my own amusement, and showing what you can find in different records on different sites. My earliest known ancestor on the Heigert side is Johannes Michael Heigert , (B. 1737 D. 1778) in the Black Forest of Germany.  I found his name while researching his son Josephi Heigert (back in Germany, in the 17 and 1800's, the name was spelled Hiegert) in the 'Deutschland, Baden, ausgewählte Kirchenbuchduplikate, 1810-1869' or "Germany, Baden, Select Church book Duplicates, 1810-1869" found on Ancestry.com.  I cannot confirm, but being as Josephi and several subseque...

12/1/14 I have spent quite a bit of time trying to research the Barra bloodline, and have recently gotten much further with the assistance of ItalianGenealogy.com.  I believe the easiest way for everyone to understand is to work backwards.  All this information has been verified and is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Here goes. :) I am Valerie Heigert Simpson. My Paternal grandparents were Frank Alan Heigert Sr (B. 02/07/1915, Staunton IL D. 10/02/1963, Carlinville IL) and Mary "Nona" Barra (10/08/1920 Benld IL D. 08/14/2008, Carlinville IL) who married on 07/07/1943 in Benld IL. I will now follow the Barra line. My great grandparents were Guiseppe Antonio "Joe" Barra (B. 08/28/1878 Brossasco, Italy D. 02/09/1925 Benld IL) and Angelina Nardin (02/07/1887 Asiago Italy D. 02/08/1963 Benld IL) who married in Dec 1915. Joe and Angelina ...