Brumano, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy Genealogy

Guide to Brumano municipality, Italy ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History[edit | edit source]

Recent studies suggest the first stable settlements date back to Roman times.

Jurisdictions:

Brumano was one of the original nine, later twenty, towns of the Comunità Generale di Lecco in the medieval period.
It was connected to Lecco since the Frankish era.
Later, Brumano was on the border between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan.
In 1816, it became part of the province of Bergamo.

Major events:

During the medieval period, Brumano served as a refuge for people fleeing the conflicts between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in neighboring towns.
During World War II, the area was noted for the deportation and execution of captured partisans by the Germans. ^[1]