My grandparents' surnames: Aleotti, Carraro, Melendez, Monti
These pages
provide the results of my genealogical research and describe the method used in
gathering and documenting the information. Due to the fact that my research
found relatives in Argentina who emigrated in the early 1900s, and also
confirmed the Spanish origin of the surname of my maternal grandfather,
Melendez, I am posting my research in English to allow for maximum readability.
I hope one day to be contacted by decendants of Joseph Miguel Melendez, who
appears to be my 4th great grandfather. Except that regarding my parents these
pages do not contain information regarding living persons with respect to their
privacy.
There were
many reasons why I began my genealogical research. I knew it could be a long
and tedious task. However, I desired to further studies my father had started.
I was also motived by curiosity and by my innate pleasure in doing research.
In this revision I have inserted some researches,
found in my father’s archives, about Monti in heraldry, researches that didn’t
show any nobiliary origin of my ancestors. But research goes on even if
Philippe the Beau won’t be my ancestor.