Genealogia
Porcu
Tree under construction, documentary method, call for contributions.
All that precedes, etymology, the map, insular history, the chronology of banditry, had only one purpose: to make legible what every Porcu family carries without always knowing it. This final section closes the circle: it opens concrete research, name by name, record by record.
Living persons are never publicly published without their explicit written consent. Only deceased persons may appear in the tree, in accordance with GDPR and French legal civil status access periods (75 years for births and marriages, 25 years for deaths).
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Working structure to be completed throughout research. The data presented are illustrative, no filiation has yet been validated by supporting evidence.
Villaputzu (?)
Sardaigne
Sardaigne
Sardaigne
Bousbach / Forbach
No filiation without supporting evidence.
No living person without written consent.
Documentary rigour prevails over the tempting hypothesis. Each filiation must rest on a consultable birth, marriage or death certificate. Living persons are never published without their explicit agreement, in compliance with GDPR.
Six steps
to trace the thread
Recommended protocol for any serious genealogical research on a Sardinian surname, adaptable according to the family branch concerned.
Centralise family documents
Family records, certificates, photographs, correspondence, old passports. Everything kept in elders' drawers has value, including oral memories transcribed as soon as possible.
Fix the recent 3-5 generations
First reconstruct known filiations through French records (town halls, departmental archives, online civil status request). This is the foundation on which everything else will rest.
Identify the Sardinian commune of origin
Decisive step. Priority to the nine reference communes, Villaputzu, Lula, Ghilarza, San Vito, Nuoro, Buddusò, Samassi, Montresta, Sarule, but any other documented lead must be followed.
Open the Italian registers
Antenati portal (Archivi di Stato), FamilySearch, Sardinian town halls (richiesta d'atto), parishes for registers prior to unified civil status (1866). The language may require Latin or old Sardinian transcription.
Verify each filiation
Each father-son / mother-daughter link must be backed by a consultable birth, marriage or death certificate. Homonyms are frequent in Sardinian villages, repeating first names across generations.
Golden rule: no filiation without proof
Better an unfinished and honest branch than a tree filled with assumptions. All unverified hypotheses must appear as such, marked « to be documented ».
The gateways
Each of these resources corresponds to a distinct step of the protocol. Most are free; all require patience and palaeographic reading rigour.
Italian official portal for digitised civil status archives. Communal registers freely consultable, often back to the 19th century.
Worldwide database with significant Sardinian inventories. Free access after account creation.
Collaborative trees and indexing, useful to spot other Porcu branches already worked on.
Direct certificate request (richiesta d'atto) by mail or email. Free response for direct descendants.
Pre-1866 registers (marriages, baptisms, burials). Access on request to the parish priest.
For the Lorraine branch: civil status records, immigration registers, mining censuses.
You bear the name, have a Porcu ancestor, or hold family documents?
This project is collective by nature. Family records, old photographs, correspondence, emigration documents or simple memories are precious for reconstructing the branches of the Sardinian diaspora.
« This site explores the cultural history of the Porcu name and the context of Sardinian banditry, without presuming any criminal link for all bearers of the name. »
Editorial positioning, Archivio Porcu
« A tree only grows with those who tend to it. Thank you for your contribution. »
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