The Defranceschi Archive
Montona

Motovun

One family in 1945 — and 121 of 122 registers digitised, the most complete series in the study.

A Venetian hill town whose registers open in 1586. If a link has to be traced through the western, Venetian half of Istria, this is the easiest parish in which to do it.

Names
Croatian / local
Motovun
Italian
Montona
Parish
Motovun
Diocese
Poreč-Pula
In the 1945 census

1 family spelling it Defranceschi

The registers

What survives, where it is kept, and whether you can see it without going there.

Baptisms1586–1993
Marriages1630–1987
Burials1630–1988
Household censuses1911
Books catalogued122 — 121 digitised
Held atBA Poreč · DAPA · MU Pazin · ŽU Motovun