LA GRANDE FAMILLE
DE PROCIDA & ISCHIA

Association loi 1901 fondée en 2003

Dear all,

I have the pleasure to announce that the next monthly evolution of our new search engine has been released on the Web site:

Second evolution of our search engine (v2.2)

As always listening to your comments and suggestions, you will find a new search screen, including now new search options:  

• By default, only the towns of your origins are displayed in the first search list.
  
• It is therefore important that you indicate precisely and regularly your origins in your profile. On top of which, these are very useful for statistics and our future projects.
  
• You may easily locate a specific certificate using its reference number, should you know it already.
  
• You may search on a specific register or display the full list of certificate that it contains.
  
• Access to the new dynamic list of registers is available directly from the search screen. This will allow you to check which registers have been digitalized, computerized into our database, and know which registers do no longer exist.
  
• Access to the 2007 registered members list is also available from the search screen.

Today, I invite you to connect you to the site and download the new user’s guide.

Enjoy your search experience!

Pascal SCOTTO DI VETTIMO

Domenico SCOTTO D’APOLLONIA (di Pisa)

During the 18^th century, Domenico Santo SCOTTO D’APOLLONIA was a businessman of Procida. His occupation and ambitions brought him, between 1775 and 1809, to operate far from home and to build a life filled in encounters, trading, good deals and aristocratic friendship in the Dukedom of Tuscany. 

Read this article on our Web site at the “Procida/Ischia” section (Italian and French versions are available). It has been written by Alice SOBRERO, student at Pisa University, for her thesis in 2006.

New indexes available

4 previous indexes have now been converted and imported into our database. They are: 

• The first 3 registers of marriages of Procida: M01, M02, M03
  
• The register of baptisms B02 of Barano has been entirely verified. Partially destructed, many certificates are missing. However, it has been possible to rebuild the complete list of certificate in that period, thanks to its index (nearly untouched). The missing certificates are marked as “Détruit” in the database (see field “Etat”).

3 new indexes have also been computerized by ou volunteers:

• Procida : D01
• Forio San Vito : D03
• Testaccio : B04.1

The full list of Mayors of Procida is now available at the “Procida/Ischia”.

Reminder and help

I wish to remind you of the following rules for ordering certificates 

• 10 certificates maximum per order
  
• 1 order every 7 days
  
• 2 weeks in average for responding to your orders if only certificates are requested
  
• 3 weeks in average if translations are requested

Regarding translations:

• We will not be able to translate in full the certificates in Latin (only simple translations will be done)
  
• Various guides, examples and links are provided to help you read and understand the certificates. They are available at the “Registers” section.
  
• The tariffs for the various types of translations are also available from this section.

I remind you also that the user’s guide shows and explains how to:

• Configure Internet Explorer
• Search for certificates
• Consult the list of registers
• Order certificates
• Update your profile

This guide is updated every time a new version of the search engine is implemented. You may download it from the section “Registers”.