Visone, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italy Genealogy
Guide to Visone municipality, Italy ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
History[edit | edit source]
The first historical mention of Visone is regarding its castle, on May 4, 991. However, there was a pieve (church with a baptismal font) near the confluence of the Caramagna stream with the Bormida fifty years prior.
Jurisdictions:
- Marchesi del Monferrato
- Boccaccio family of Acqui
- Malaspina family
- Maria Boverio della Corba
- Collegio di San Paolo
- Ferrante de Cardona
- Luigi Centurione Scotto family
- Acqui Terme (from June 8, 1929, to January 1, 1948)
Major events:
- October 1450: The Capitolo della cattedrale of Acqui moved to the church of S. Maria delle Grazie of Visone to escape a severe plague in the city.
- Night of April 18-19, 1861: A flood and the overflowing of the Bormida River caused a landslide in the Malborghetto area, destroying many houses around the castle and the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, killing fifteen people.
- June 8, 1929: The municipality of Visone was suppressed and its territory was annexed to Acqui Terme.
- January 1, 1948: Visone was re-established as a separate municipality. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- 1838-1841 Italia, Alessandria, Piano (Parrocchia dei Santi Michele e Carlo). Registri ecclesiastici(*); Archivio di Stato di Alessandria at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
- 1804 Italia, Alessandria, Visone. Stato civile 1804(*); Visone (Alessandria). Ufficio dello stato civile at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Repositories[edit | edit source]
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Archives[edit | edit source]
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Research Helps[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Visone (Italia)," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visone_(Italia), accessed 13 May 2025.