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
Where45.3400° N, 13.8300° E
NearestOprtalj — 4.6 km N·Čepić — 6.0 km NNE·Vižinada — 6.4 km W
The registers
What survives, where it is kept, and whether you can see it without going there.
| Baptisms | 1586–1993 |
| Marriages | 1630–1987 |
| Burials | 1630–1988 |
| Household censuses | 1911 |
| Books catalogued | 122 — 121 digitised |
| Held at | BA Poreč · DAPA · MU Pazin · ŽU Motovun |