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Good morning,

I am searching the baptismal record of Jaques Vacarezza (maybe Jacomo Vaccarezza). He was baptised in about 1732 in the Santa Maria parish in Monticelli (Cogorno), Liguria. Originally he was a sailor, but in 1771 he was registered in Dunkirk, France as a traveling musician. He traveled through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
I have found a number of men with similar last names who were either registered as traveling musicians or as vagrants in France, England, Belgium and the Netherlands. They all seem to lead back to the area of Genova, but not necessarily to Monticelli. So, I don't know if there is any family relationship between these men. Earliest records are late 1700s and early 1800s. Because the last name is so alien to Dutch people the spelling has been recorded in a million different ways.
The last name has now disappeared from The Netherlands and most likely from Belgium too. Vacaresse is frequently occurring name in France, especially in Paris, but I have not been able to establish a link there with the Genova area.

So, are the church records for Santa Maria still kept in the parish church, or have they been moved to a diocesan archive?
And is there any hope there will be digital image of the baptisms available?

Thanks, Michaël

https://www.diocesichiavari.it/sacerdot ... o-cavallo/

Benvenuto
Il link che ho messo si riferisce ai contatti del parroco della chiesa di Santa Maria a Monticelli
Come potrai vedere ha tantissime parrocchie in cui prestare la sua opera e senza riferimenti sicuri non so quanto tempo potrà dedicare alla ricerca per tuo conto.
Prova intanto a scrivergli, chiedendogli se la chiesa possegga i registri che cerchi o se li abbia affidati all'Archivio diocesano.
Non saranno sicuramente digitalizzati
La Diocesi a cui appartiene la chiesa è quella di CHIAVARI

https://venere.it/il-significato-e-la-s ... 0pastorale.

Una curiosità sul cognome


https://it.geneanet.org/fonds/individus ... no&size=50
Qui ci sono dei Vaccarezza di Cogorno, forse potrai trovare qualche altro parente

Questo Giacomo si sposa? Avrà dei figli?Dove morirà?

Thank you Cannella for the links you gave. They certainly will get me on my way. I will check Geneanet first and then will send a message to Can. Alessandro Cavallo. I'll have Google translate my message into Italian.
By the way: what does "Can." stand for . Is that a first name or a title? And what would be the formal way to address him?

Michaël

Canonico, una "carica" religiosa, basta che tu scriva a "Don Alessandro Cavallo"

E' MOLTO difficile che ti risponda, i parroci hanno tanti impegni su più chiese e la ricerca genealogica non è, giustamente, tra le loro priorità..
Potrà almeno dirti se i registri siano ancora conservati in chiesa e da quali anni partano.
Purtroppo non si è conservato tutto di quello che fu registrato..
Buona fortuna
Lorena

Thank you Lorena,

I understand the difficulties that parish priests have these days and that they are pressed for time.
I will keep my question short and simple

Michaël

Perfetto, facci sapere