Non-catholic civil registers of Livorno (1818-1865) fully indexed. Saturday, Aug 31 2013

I’m pleased to announce the completion of the indexing process of the non-catholic civil registers of Livorno (1818-1865)!

The work took really a long time (almost a year) and a great effort but is now complete in its 15898 single entries that represent a total of 3628 family names. I believe that the registers for which these indexes were made are of the greatest importance for Livorno but also for a much larger audience given the fact that so many non-catholics were living in Livorno, coming from all over the world. Additionally these records include, and are composed mainly of, Jewish people. As everyone is aware of the importance of the Jewish community of Livorno, these records can depict the family networks of all these people for a period just short of 50 years across the 19th century.

If you didn’t follow the other posts about this subject, please take a few moments to read the introduction to these records. On the same page you will find the links to access the indexes. ( EzVN8HdtkCV5rZrTWIbp )

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Livorno Non-Catholic Marriages’ index (1818-1865) completed! Saturday, Aug 3 2013

The Livorno’s Non-Catholic Civil Marriages’ Index (1818-1865) has been completed in the past few days; after the initial release of several sections, it is now fully published online. The index is comprised of 3288 single entries, representing 1644 different marriages, and a little over 1000 different family names.

Some more information on this source can be found here (also accessible from the blog homepage), otherwise you can  directly access the

Marriages’ Index.

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Dutch-German Church of Livorno: who paid to build it? (part 4) Sunday, Sep 25 2011

This is the fourth and last part of the article about the  contributors for the construction of the Dutch-German temple of Livorno (1862-1864). The preceeding three parts described the different categories of donors: members of the Congregation, livornese people not members and foreign contributors. This part focuses on captains of ships sailing in and out of the harbour of Livorno who were persuaded, or chose, to contribute to the building of a protestant church. The list contains ship names as well.

Generally speaking, donations are lower than those made by the other contributors, apart from two or three cases which,

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Dutch-German Church of Livorno: who paid to build it? (part 3) Wednesday, Sep 14 2011

This is the last but one part of the article about the funding of the Dutch-German Church of Livorno (1862-1864). The previous two parts (see part 1 – see part 2) covered the donors who were also members of the Congregation and the ‘Livornese’ donors who were not members. This third part deals with the ‘foreign’ donors’ list which includes a large number of institutions, individuals and organizations in many parts of Europe and Italy (Florence, Milan, Genoa, Carrara…).

The first series of names on this list are related to the protestant organization Gustav Adolf Verein (now Gustav Adolf Werk) in several central european cities. It was named after King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and it was founded in 1832 in Leipzig as a relief organization, mainly committed to helping protestant religious minorities in many countries and encouraging dialogue with other religions. The list continues with a number of congregations followed by German/Swiss evangelical societies, as well as some german Senate and Government institutions (Hamburg, Bremen and Hannover). Lastly, some cities where money was collected are listed, among which Rotterdam and Geneva which contributed generously.

The list shows also two significant donations: that made by

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Members of the Dutch-German Nation of Livorno (Congregazione Olandese-Alemanna) 1622-1911 Wednesday, Dec 29 2010

In the book “Intercultura e Protestantesimo nella Livorno delle Nazioni: La Congregazione Olandese-Alemanna“, there’s an important Appendix listing all members of the Congregation from 1622 to 1911. The same list was also published on the book “Livorno. Dagli Archivi alla Città” by Paolo Castignoli (†2010). The books also indicates  Consuls and/or their place of origin, when available. Before the creation of the Hamburg Consulate in 1781, the indication “Consul” means Consul of  the United Provinces (Holland). I also linked names to the network’s database for those individuals that have already been researched. In particular I underlined the full name when the person is fully identified and only the surname when the identification is not sure or not yet demonstrated but I believe that the person belongs to a family included in the database.

* How to access the database and these links *

NOTE: the spelling of the names has been reproduced as printed in the book but as I find sources I furnish another version of the name spelling in square brackets […]

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Burials at the Old English Cemetery of Livorno (Via Verdi) Wednesday, Jan 20 2010

This list is based on the book « The Inscriptions of the Old British Cemetery of Leghorn » by Gery Milner-Gibson-Cullum and Francis Campbell Macauley, Giusti, Livorno, 1906. The order of the burials follows the original order of the book. The first part of the list (black) contains Englishmen and Americans, the last part of the list ( blue) are people from other nationalities. Married women have both their surnames; I used the form: ‘married name’ née ‘former name’ if this can be clearly deducted from the inscription. The date of death is the one that appears on the funeral inscription as reported by the 1906 book. An asterisk beside the date indicates that the person has then been removed from Livorno. An exclamation mark indicates a correction apported by further knowledge (i.e. internet users, researches, etc…), followed by the correction.

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