Compiled (in part?) by Brookie Cardon Peterson

Presented by Boyd Cardon at the 2005 Reunion

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1218 A.D. BERGAMO DEFINED WALDENSIAN CHRISTIAN BELIEFS

1561 POPE’S TROOPS & WAR AGAINST THE WALDENSES

1630 PLAGUE ABT 9000 DEATHS AMONG WALDENSES

1655 EASTER MASSACRE ARMY HOUSED IN WALDENSES HOMES KILL THE FAMILIES ON EASTER MORNING.

1686 EXILE OF 14,000 WALDENSES: 2,000 PERISHED; 8500 WERE IMPRISONED

1687 EXODUS OF WALDENSES TO SWITZERLAND

1689 GLORIOUS RETURN OF THE WALDENSES TO THE PIEDMONT

1694 ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA ISSUE EDICT FOR TOLERATION OF WALDENSIANS

1789 FRENCH REVOLUTION

1815 CATHOLICISM AGAIN ENFORCED IN THE PIEDMONT VALLEYS

1848 EMANCIPATION DECLARED IN PIEDMONT VALLEYS

1849 LDS MISSIONARIES CALLED TO INTRODUCE THE GOSPEL IN ITALY

1850-1853 211 WALDENSES JOIN THE CHURCH.

JAN. 2, 1852 PHILIPPE CARDON AND MARTHE MARIE TOURN BAPTIZED, THE CHILDREN JEAN, CATHERINE, LOUIS PHILIPPE, MADELAINE, AND JEAN PAUL WERE BAPTIZED IN THE FALL OF 1852

SEPT 25 1853 STALLE FAMILY BAPTIZED 

FEB 7, 1854 CARDONS EMIGRATE TO AMERICA ARRIVING IN UTAH THE FALL OF 1854

NOV 29, 1855 STALLES EMIGRATE BY PERPETUAL EMIGRATION FUND

1948 MICROFILMING OF WALNDENSE RECORDS FROM 16 PARISHES 80,390 PAGES. THESE RECORDS COVER FROM 1710 FORWARD.

1958-1963 PIEDMONT PROJECT TO COMPILE THE FAMILIES AND NAMES THAT WERE MICROFILMED AND DO THE TEMPLE WORK IS DONE.

1980 PIEDMONT FAMILIES ORGANIZATION FORMED BY MARRINER CARDON

1993 THE NOTARIAL RECORD TEST RUN OF RORA WITH BRO CENA. THESE RECORDS PREDATE THE PARISH RECORDS THAT WERE MICROFILMED.THERE ARE 216 VOLUMES OF NOTARY RECORDS.

1994 RON MALAN BEGINS PFO REPORTS TO GIVE INFORMATION ON NOTARIAL RECORD AND INDIVIDUAL NAMES FOUND

AUG. 13, 2005 THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF NAMES GATHERED FROM THE RECORDS AND THEIR WORK DONE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. BROTHER CENA HAS ABOUT 7 MONTHS OF WORK TO FINISH VILLAR PELLICE NOTARY RECORDS AND AN ADDITIONAL YEAR TO COMPLETE THE BOBBIO NOTARY RECORDS 

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. PFO NEEDS YOUR CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO IDENTIFY AND DO THE WORK FOR OUR ANCESTORS.

by Marriner Cardon

2003 Web edition

Appendix 1 – The sad history of Bernardin Jahier (5th GGF of Philippe Cardon)

Appendix 2 – Miscellaneous Genealogical Notes

Appendix 3 – An extract from Alexis Muston, Israel of the Alps, Glasgow etc., 1858

Appendix 4 – Translation of portions of “Gli Esule Valdesi in Svizzera 1686-1690

Appendix 5 – Visiting the Vaudois Valleys

Appendix 5 Maps – Maps to help with visiting the Vaudois Valleys

Appendix 6 – Transcript of “Children of the Valleys” – a film prepared for the 1977 reunion