The live tree, read against this archive
What David's own tree holds that this archive has never read, and what this archive holds that the tree has not.
This archive and David's MyHeritage tree have been growing beside each other for a year without either reading the other. The roster's family file was the export of July 2018 — 8,286 people, 254 of them of this surname. The tree exported on 16 September 2026 holds 15,643 people in 4,777 families, 1,413 of them of the name.
Reading one against the other is not a merge. It is four separate questions, and they have four different answers: who is in both and agrees, who is in both and does not, who only the tree knows about, and who only this archive has found. The fourth is the one people forget — a year of register reading here has turned up 780 people the tree still does not have.
Matching folds the nine spellings of this surname together and compares given names and years, so De Franceschi, Defranceschi and Defranceski are one family and not three. 117 of the 1,413 are living; they are counted here and appear below by name and town, never by a date.
A disagreement is the same person written down twice with one field wrong. The first pass at this called 2,414 of them disagreements, which was a cross-join wearing a finding's clothes: it paired every Francesco in the tree with every Francesco in the roster and reported the difference. The test that survives needs an anchor — the two must agree on one year exactly and differ on the other. Two people of one name and no shared year are two people, which is the thing this archive keeps having to say out loud.
That leaves 12, and they are worth a morning each.
| Name | The tree says | This archive says | Where, and on whose word |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clementina Maria Defranceschi | 1822–1870 | 1822–1840 | Gologorica, Istrathe Gologorica registers |
| Josephus Lambertus De Franceschi · here as Josephus Lambertus Defranceschi | 1808–1878 | 1808–1857 | Gologorica, Istrathe Gologorica registers |
| Girolamo de Franceschi | 1632–1695 | 1622–1695 | Omiš, Općina Omišthe Omiš chart |
| Mario De Franceski · here as Mario De Franceschi | 1919–2012 | 1924–2012 | Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay Districta headstone |
| Maria Defranceschi | 1789–1826 | 1786–1826 | —the 2018 family file |
| Albino De Franceschi · here as Albino DeFranceschi | 1893–1932 | 1895–1932 | Santa Maria di Sala, Venicea headstone |
| Lina Defranceschi · here as Lina DeFranceschi | 1914–1923 | 1914–1925 | Connecticut, United Statesa headstone |
| Josephus Defranceschi | 1886–1888 | 1887–1888 | Liznjan, Istraa burial register |
| Cattarina de Franceschi · here as Cattarina Franceschin | 1825–1843 | 1826–1843 | Liznjan, Istraa burial register |
| Jacobus Defranceschi · here as Jacobus de Franceschi | 1762–1850 | 1761–1850 | —the Gologorica registers |
| Valentinus Defranceschi | 1776–1839 | 1775–1839 | Fiume, Rijekaa burial register |
| Davide De Franceschi | 1876–1926 | 1875–1926 | Santa Maria di Sala, Venicea headstone |
Seven are a year's worth of arithmetic. Josephus 1886 against 1887, Cattarina 1825 against 1826, Jacobus 1762 against 1761, Valentinus 1776 against 1775, Davide 1876 against 1875 — the death year agreed in every case, the birth year out by one. That is what a record which gives an age rather than a date does: a man who dies in March aged sixty-four was born in one year if his birthday had passed and the year before if it had not. A headstone and a burial register will disagree for ever about which. Albino is out by two and Maria by three, which is the same fault with a rounder age.
Two are out by more than arithmetic can explain. Mario De Franceski, 1919 against 1924 — five years, on a man who died in 2012, which means somebody has a document. Girolamo of Omiš, 1632 against 1622 — ten years, and this archive's side rests on the published Omiš chart while the tree's rests on a MyHeritage profile.
Three are a disputed death, which is the serious kind. Clementina Maria of Gologorica, dead in 1840 here and 1870 in the tree — thirty years. Josephus Lambertus, the same parish, 1857 against 1878 — twenty-one. Lina Defranceschi of Torrington, 1923 against 1925. A death year is the one thing a parish register states outright, and this archive's Gologorica dates were read off the register itself. The Gologorica books settle two of the three in an afternoon.
These came back in mirrored pairs — the tree's 1786 against the archive's 1789, and then the tree's 1789 against the archive's 1786. That shape means both sides are holding the same person twice, under two years, and each copy is being matched to the other side's other copy. It is a duplicate to merge, not a date to decide, and this page will not pretend otherwise.
- Petrus Defranceschi — held as 1768–1829 and as 1765–1829, Gologorica
689 of the 1,413 carry a citation David typed by hand. They are not where a reader would look for them: MyHeritage keeps its own Smart Match plumbing under SOUR, and the citations a person actually wrote are filed as NOTE records. Reading the wrong tag found 272 of them. Reading the right one found 689.
Between them they name 405 distinct FamilySearch arks — 311 indexed records and 94 film images, which is to say 94 pages of a register that David has looked at with his own eyes. 328 of them appear nowhere in this repository. That is the single largest unread pile this archive has ever been handed, and it was sitting in the family tree the whole time.
The collections the tree cites, and how many of their people are new here
| Collection | Cited | People | New here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 | 118 | 108 | 10 |
| Italia, Udine, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1806-1815, 1871-1911 | 26 | 26 | 4 |
| Argentina, Santa Fe, registros parroquiales, 1634-1975 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Österreich, Katholische Kirchenbücher, 1565-2007 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Italia, Cremona, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1744-1942 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Italia, Brescia, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1797-1943 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Uruguay, Índice del Registro Civil, 1900-1937 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Italia Nati e Battesimi, 1806-1900 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Italia, Genova, Genova, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1929 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926 | 2 | 2 | — |
| West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Venezuela, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1577-1995 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Argentina, Buenos Aires, registros parroquiales, 1635-1981 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Find a Grave Index | 1 | 1 | — |
| France, Index des décès enregistrés par l'Insee, 1970-2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Italia, Padova, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1621-1936 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Brasil, São Paulo, Registro Civil, 1925-1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| France, Savoie, Parish and Civil Registration, 1500-1927 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Italia, Sassari, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1806-1942 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Panamá, defunciones, 1840-1930 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Two rows in that table are worth stopping on, and they say opposite things.
Italia, Udine, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1806-1815 — twenty-six citations, almost all of them at Mione, with Paluzza, Illegio and Naunina beside them. Twenty-two of the twenty-six people are already in this archive's roster, read off Antenati's images of the same registers. Two sources, worked apart, agreeing. That is the most reassuring number on this page — and it carries a practical consequence, because FamilySearch has indexed the Carnia volumes that Antenati is currently refusing to serve. Eight rows on the work list are stalled on that refusal. They do not have to be.
Argentina, Santa Fe, registros parroquiales, 1634-1975 — seven people, born 1899 to 1917 at San Lorenzo Mártir and at the cathedral in Santa Fe, carrying two surnames each in the Spanish manner: de Franceschi Bono, Defranceschi Gallucci, de Franceschi Marti. Six of the seven are new here. An emigrant branch this archive has never written a line about, and the tree has had the parish registers for it all along.
These are people in the tree whose names match nobody in this archive's roster — not the same set of given names, and not one name in common with a year in common either.
486 more would have been on this list and are not, because they are inside David's own placeholder pens: the scaffold of twenty-three country folders, each with town folders beneath it, that he keeps under a node labelled «for Investigation (not real)». He has already tested them and parked them, which is the opposite of untouched work. This page counted them as work on the day it was published, and it was wrong to.
What is left is 84, and they stand on this archive's own ground: Ližnjan, Crikvenica, Gračišće and Gologorica, with a handful in Brooklyn — which is the branch the DNA confirmed — and two at Metzingen and Urach, beside Pfullingen. Those are the ones worth a morning each.
By century
Where they are
- Liznjan6
- Gracisce5
- Crikvenica5
- Gologorica4
- brooklyn new york3
- Ližnjan2
- Brooklyn2
- Allentown2
- Castelgomberto1
- Gračišće1
- Dueville Vicenza1
- Trieste1
- Argentina1
- Ellis Island1
- Mercedes1
- Varaždin1
- Gallignana1
- Urach1
- Metzinger1
- Horsham1
The first 84 by date, oldest first. A living person appears by name and town with no year, which is this archive's rule everywhere.
- Ante de Franceschi 1801
- Maximilianus Josephus De Franceschi 1813 Gologorica
- Amalia Alexandra De Franceschi 1818 Gologorica
- Mathaei Defranceschi 1821 Ližnjan
- Raymundus de Franceschi 1823
- Adelaidis Defranceschi 1824 Gologorica
- Madalena Defranceschi 1827–1828 Liznjan
- Regina Theresia de Franceschi 1836
- Guiffina Defranceschi 1851 Liznjan
- Gregorius Defranceschi 1862
- Martijn Defranceschi 1863
- Paschalis Defranceschi 1863–1873 Ližnjan
- Faustina De Franceschi 1863–1906
- Leopolda de Franceschi 1865 Gracisce
- Beatrix Hermenegildis De Franceschi 1865
- Tusca Defranceschi 1870–1870 Liznjan
- Armella Defranceschi 1871–1920 Gologorica
- Gisella Elvira Defranceschi 1873
- Modestus de Franceschi 1875–1912
- Antonius-Mario Defranceski 1876 Liznjan
- Justina Defranceschi 1879–1952 Liznjan
- Justina Defranceschi 1880 Liznjan
- Bertolo Defranceschi 1882–1948 Castelgomberto
- Pasqualis de Franceschi 1888–1895
- Verginia de Franceschi 1895–1981 Gračišće
- Luigia Bortoliero de Franceschi 1895 Dueville Vicenza
- Victoria Ema de Franceschi 1898–1902 Gracisce
- Leopold de Franceschi 1901–1971 Crikvenica
- Anton Ante Defranceski 1904
- Marija de Franceschi 1906–1906 Crikvenica
- Italo de Franceschi 1907–1957 Trieste
- Sretcko Pavao de Franceschi 1908–1979 Crikvenica
- Pilar Gonzalez de Franceschi 1911 Argentina
- Norina Defranceschi 1913
- Antoinetta de Franceschi 1920
- Emilio de Franceschi 1922
- Doris de Franceschi 1927 Ellis Island
- Dionigi Dijonisius de Franceschi 1927 Gracisce
- Basiliana Maria de Franceschi 1929 Gracisce
- Nelida Albina de Franceschi living Mercedes
- Feliciano de Franceschi living
- Richard Defranceschi living
- Assunta Maria de Franceschi living Gracisce
- Nenad Defranceski living Varaždin
- Lidija Defranceski living Crikvenica
- Dario de Franceschi 1937–1991 Gallignana
- Ursula Defranceski living Urach
- Renata Defranceski living Metzinger
- Daria de Franceschi living
- Carol Ann Defranceschi living
- Ladislava Defranceski living Crikvenica
- Petrica Defranceski living Horsham
- Steven DeFranceschi living
- Daniel DeFranceschi living Brooklyn
- Roberto de Franceschi living brooklyn new york
- Sandra de Franceschi living brooklyn new york
- Debra Defranceschi living
- Lisa de Franceschi living
- Gary DeFranceschi living Brooklyn
- Deborah de Franceschi living brooklyn new york
- David Ivan Defranceski living Johannesburg
- Corie DeFranceschi living
- Kyle DeFranceschi living
- Gabrielle DeFranceschi living
- Nicholas DeFranceschi living
- Alyssa DeFranceschi living
- Isabella Marie DeFranceschi living Allentown
- Matthew Michael DeFranceschi living Allentown
- Dragica de Franceschi living
- Aline Defranceski living Germany
- Aurelio Defranceski living
- Lukrezia di Venezia de Franceschi living Venice
- Giovachino de Franceschi living
- Guiseppe DeFranceschi living
- Maria De Franceschi Calzavara living
- María Rosa Magdalena Defranceschi living
- Erika Carolina de Franceschi living
- Ramon de Franceschi living
- Edith de Franceschi living
- Unknown DeFranceschi living
- Crikvenica Others de Franceschi living
- Leonardo De Franceschi living
- Gio Pietro ERMAN - DE FRANCESCHI living
- Ferdinandi De Franceschi living
And the other direction, which is the one worth being pleased about. 780 people in this archive's roster are not in the tree under any spelling. They came out of the registers, the headstones and the indexes, one at a time, and they are this archive's own return on a year of reading.
494 of them are now written as a GEDCOM — `data/to-the-tree.ged` in this repository — so they can go back into the tree as a file David reads before importing and can undo after, rather than as an edit somebody made to his data. It is stricter than the count above: anybody whose given names already appear in the tree at all is left out, because pushing those in makes duplicates rather than fixing anything. No living person is in it.
- the 2018 family file205
- households read out of the registers111
- an indexed record79
- a burial register72
- a book read page by page65
- a headstone65
- a name index61
- the Gologorica registers43
- a namesake, not yet joined22
- a life written up here21
- a line drawn on this site14
- the Omiš chart12
- the Gračišće eleven9
- a newspaper1
The 205 filed under the 2018 family file are the sharpest of these: they were in the tree eight years ago and are not in it now, which usually means a merge tidied them away.
The GEDCOM is not in this repository and will not be. It carries dates of birth for 117 living people of the name and several thousand more besides, and this site is public. What is committed is the reconciliation above, built by a script that applies the living rule before it writes anything down.
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