What's New on the Waldensian Families Research Website
July, 2018
Added 7 volumes of Records related to Conversion to Catholicism
- Convertiti Valli 16 - SanGiovanni - July 6,1686
- Convertiti Valli 19 - San Martino Valley - July 14,1686
- Convertiti Valli 20 - San Martino Valley - July 16, 1686
- Convertiti Valli 21 - San Martino Valley - July 16, 1686
- Convertiti Valli 22 - Bibiana - March 13, 1686
- Deportati 2 - 1687
- Deportati 7 - 1686
Added 16 volumes of Notary Records
- Buriasco - Volume 68-2 - 1669-1672
- Buriasco - Volume 70-2 - 1682-1684
- Buriasco - Volume 70-3 - 1685-1689
- Buriasco - Volume 71-1 - 1690-1696
- Buriasco - Volume 71-3 - 1701-1704
- Buriasco - Volume 72-1 - 1705-1710
- Buriasco - Volume 72-2 - 1711-1715
- Buriasco - Volume 72-3 - 1716-1721
- Campiglione - Volume 99 - 1610-1617
- Campiglione - Volume 100 - 1617-1618
- Campiglione - Volume 101-1 - 1618-1621
- Campiglione - Volume 101-2 - 1622-1624
- Campiglione - Volume 102-1 - 1623-1625
- Campiglione - Volume 103-1 - 1630-1633
- Campiglione - Volume 104 - 1648-1668
- Secondo - Volume 136-1 - 1702-1713
Added 2 volumes of Census Records
March, 2017
Added 13 volumes of Records of Conversion to Catholicism
- Convertiti - San Martino
- Convertiti Valli 1 - Various locations from 1671 to 1679
- Convertiti Valli 2 - San Germano, Luserna & Torre from 1668 to 1679
- Convertiti Valli 3 - Luserna & Torre from 1641 to 1676
- Convertiti Valli 4 - Various locations from 1656 to 1678
- Convertiti Valli 6 - Various locations from 1667 to 1679
- Convertiti Valli 7 - San Martino & San Germano from 1668 to 1681
- Convertiti Valli 9 - Various locations before 1686
- Convertiti Valli 10 - Converted to Catholicism before 1686 but returned to Waldensianism after 1690
- Convertiti Valli 11 - Various locations and type of records
- Convertiti Valli 12 - Various locations and type of records through 1725
- Convertiti Valli 13 - Various locations and type of records through 1725
- Convertiti Valli 15 - Children living in Madama Reale's House of Refuge
Added 16 volumes of Notary Records
- Frossasco - Volume 24-1 - 1618-1619
- Frossasco - Volume 25-2 - 1620-1622
- Frossasco - Volume 26-1 - 1623
- Frossasco - Volume 26-2 - 1624
- Frossasco - Volume 27-1 - 1625
- Frossasco - Volume 27-2 - 1626
- Frossasco - Volume 27-3 - 1627
- Frossasco - Volume 28-1 - 1627-1629
- Frossasco - Volume 28-2 - 1629-1630
- Famolasco - Volume 62-2 - 1643-1723
- Famolasco - Volume 63 - 1724-1727
- Famolasco - Volume 89 - 1612-1630
- Pinerolo - Volume 213-1 - 1694 - 1697
- Pinerolo - Volume 213-2 - 1694 - 1697
- Campiglione - Volume 106 - 1677-1689
- Campiglione - Volume 107-2 - 1699-1709
Added 4 volumes of Confiscated Land Records
- Terre4 - Prarostino
- Terre5 - Torre
- Terre7 - Various Locations
- Catasto - Pomaretto, Roccapiatta, Prarostino & San Giovanni
September, 2015
Added Census and Tax Lists for 8 locations
- Angrogna - 1700
- Bricherasio - 1700
- Buriasco - 1700
- Famolasco - 1701
- Rolletto Area - 1700
- Rosta - 1702
- SanGermano - 1698-1703
- SanGermano - 1700
Added 2 volumes of Notary Records
Added 2 volumes of Confiscated Land Records
August, 2015
Added 12 volumes of Notary Records
- Bricherasio - Volume 29-2 - 1611-1612 (Revised)
- Bricherasio - Volume 30-2 - 1615-1616 (Revised)
- Bricherasio - Volume 32-1 - 1621-1622
- Bricherasio - Volume 32-2 - 1623-1624
- Bricherasio - Volume 33-1 - 1625-1626
- Bricherasio - Volume 33-2 - 1627-1630
- Pinerolo - Volume 214-1 - 1697
- Pinerolo - Volume 215-1 - 1697
- Pinerolo - Volume 215-2 - 1697
- Pinerolo - Volume 216-1 - 1698 and earlier
- Pinerolo - Volume 216-2 - 1698 and 1697
- Pinerolo - Volume 217 - 1698 and 1697
August, 2014
Added 6 volumes of Notary Records
- Pinerolo, Book 1 added to Volume 156 - 1656-1659
- Osasco, Book 1 added to Volume 97 - 1621-1630
- Bricherasio, Book 2 added to Volume 31 - 1618-1620
- Frossasco - Volume 21, Books 1 & 2 combined- 1612-1614
- Frossasco - Volume 22 - 1614-1615
- Fenile, Book 2 added to Volume 98 - 1664-1709
Added 9 uncategorized volumes of Notary Records
- Buriasco - Volume 72 - 1705-1721
- Buriasco - Volume 81 - 1623-1628
- Osasco - Volume 54 - 1639-1650
- Osasco - Volume 58 - 1702-1713
- Famolasco - Volume 62 - 1643-1722
- Famolasco - Volume 89 - 1612-1630
- Campiglione, Garzigliana, Fenile - Volume 99 - 1610-1617
- Campiglione - Volume 101 - 1619-1624
- Campiglione - Volume 107 - 1689-1701
Added Census Lists for 4 locations
April, 2014
Added 7 volumes of Notary Records
- Bricherasio - Volume 31, Book 1 - 1618-1619
- Bobbio - Volume 110 - 1617-1618
- Fenile - Volume 98, Book 1- 1664-1685
- Frossasco - Volume 21, Book 1 - 1612-1614
- Frossasco - Volume 21, Book 2 - 1612-1614
- Osasco - Volume 97, Book 2 - 1621-1630
- Pinerolo - Volume 156, Book 2 - 1656-1659
Added Tax and Census Lists for 3 locations
December, 2013
Changed the mailing address for donations to the Piedmont Families Organization. Go to the Donation page.
Added various Tax and Census Lists for 23 locations.
November, 2013
In Memoriam: Ronald F. Malan
August, 2013
Updated Cardon and related families compiled ancestries
Added 25 volumes of Notary Records for Val San Martino
Added new Notary Record for Abadia & Val Lemina—Volume 49 (1684-1690)
Added new Notary Records for Bibiana—Volume 65 (1622-1623)
Added new Notary Records for Osasco—Volume 94 (1613)
July, 2013
Added Daniel Malan's Will
Added New Records to the Reverend Jean Jalla Family Summaries
June, 2013
Added new Notary Records for Osasco—Volume 95 (1613-1614)
Added new Notary Records for Osasco—Volume 96 (1615-1620)
Added new Notary Records for Villar Pellice—Volume 212 (1621-1623)
April, 2013
Updated Malan and related families compiled ancestries
Added new Notary Records for Pinerolo—Volume 155 (1656-1657)
Added New Records to the Reverend Jean Jalla Family Summaries
March, 2013
Added new Notary Records for Pinerolo—Volume 153 (Book 1 of 2) and Volume 154
Enabled PayPal and credit card donations to support the Waldensinan records abstraction and research projects of the Piedmont Families Organization. Click HERE to learn more.
Added New Records to the Reverend Jean Jalla Family Summaries
- Bastie Family, d'Angrogne
- Balangier-Turin Family
- Bellion Family
- Bertramo Family
- Biolley Family
- Marcel Family
Additional words added to the Italian Word List for Notary and Exile Inheritance Records.
February, 2013
Added the list of 3,949 Waldensian Exiles from the book Gli Esuli Valdesi in Svizzera (1686-1690) by Augusto Armand-Hugon and Enrico Alberto Rivoire. To use these records, click HERE.
Added New Records to the Reverend Jean Jalla Family Summaries
- Gonin-Genolot
- Marauda Family
- Peyrot Family, St. Jean
- Negre/Negro Family
- Monin Family
- Revel Family, d'Angrogne
- Odin Family
- Gautier Family, de Vars & Guillestre
- Appia Family
- Danne Family
- Girard Family
- Rous/Roux Family
- Olivet Family
- Vieto Family
Updated information about the Waldensian Languages.
Added new information to the Research section.
New articles in the Waldensian Miscellanea section
January 2013
Learn about a new internet resource at FamilySearch.org to help you find information about your Waldensian ancestors. Nearly 71,000 digital images of Waldensian Church records are now available online. Click HERE to learn more.
New information to help you use the Waldensian Parish Records and to increase understanding of the role of the Piedmont Project. Also covered are aids to help you order microfilm of the original records and Family Group Sheets resulting from the Piedmont Project.
Added ten articles to the Waldensian Miscellanea Section
- Waldensian Compound Surnames
- Waldensian Customs That Can Affect Your Research
- Waldensian History: A Brief Sketch
- A Brief History of Early Malans
- Review of the historical novel Rora by James Huggins
- Waldensian Naming Pattern
- Falsified Waldensian Pedigrees
- The 1481 Affirmation of Freedom for Angrogna Families
- The Durand-Canton Family: A Peek at Waldensian Life
- Waldensian DNA Project Proposed
Reverend Jean Jalla Family Records
- Added an index of family surnames in Reverend Jalla's genealogical records
- Added Reverend Jalla's family records for the following surnames:
- Armand-Ugon
- Arnolfo
- Artus
- Baud
- Benech
- Bertin
- Bonet
- Bozzolis / Bressano
- Brun
- Brunerol
- Bruno
- Cardon
- Carra
- Chanforan
- Curt
- Fetta
- Gardiol
- Gautier
- Gaydou
- Geymonat
- Girardet-Artus
- Goanta
- Jalla
- Long-Prim
- Malan
- Marsengo
- Micolay
- Millano
- Mondon
- Musset
- Orselet
- Peyret
- Pons
- Prochet
- Rivoire
- Rostan
- Stringat
Last updated 13 July 2018