Santa Croce Camerina, Ragusa, Sicilia, Italy Genealogy
Guide to Santa Croce Camerina municipality, Italy ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
History[edit | edit source]
The town was founded as an urban area on January 29, 1599. However, the area was inhabited much earlier, as it is the successor to the colony of Kamarina, founded in 598 BC.
Jurisdictions:
- Colony of Siracusa
- Autonomous Polis
- Under the dominion of Ippocrate of Gela
- Under Gelone of the Deinomenidi
- Reacquired autonomy as Polis
- Under Siracusan orbit during the dominion of Dionisio the Great
- Part of the simmachia of Dione
- Under Roman rule
- Part of the County of Ragusa
- Feudo ecclesiastico
- Under the possession of the Bellomo family
- Part of the feudo of Santa Croce, returned to the Celestri family.
Major events:
- 553 BC: Kamarina rebelled against Siracusa.
- 495 BC: Repopulated with coloni geloi under Ippocrate of Gela.
- 485 BC: Destroyed by Gelone dei Deinomenidi.
- 461 BC: The Polis regained autonomy and freedom.
- 424 BC: Morgantina was assigned to Kamarina as a tributary.
- 424 BC: Kamarina seems to have sided with Athens during the war between Athens and Syracuse.
- 357 BC: Kamarina took part in the simmachia of Dione.
- 338 BC: Restored by Timoleonte.
- 280 BC: Sacked by the Mamertini.
- 258 BC: Severely punished by the Romans with near-total destruction. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
- 1820-1899 Registri dello stato civile di Santa Croce Camerina (Ragusa) 1820-1899(*); Santa Croce Camerina (Ragusa). Ufficio dello stato civile at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1899-1950 Italia, Ragusa, Santa Croce Camerina. Stato civile, Tribunale:(*); Archivio del Tribunale di Ragusa at FamilySearch Catalog - images
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Archives[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Santa Croce Camerina," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Croce_Camerina, accessed 8 March 2025.