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Portale Antenati: Ancestors Portal
Archivi per la Ricerca Anagrafica. Archives for genealogical research. Images of documents from state archives, e.g. civil Birth, Marriage, Death records. In Italian and English.
The Ancestors Portal was born, in line with other portals dedicated to genealogical research and family history, promoted in many countries, from the desire to make available online the enormous documentary heritage of personal and genealogical interest – in particular, civil status records, draft lists and matriculation roles – preserved in the Italian State Archives, essential for conducting research on family and individual history, but also of great interest for historical, genealogical, demographic research and social Sciences.
Find Your Italian Ancestors Online Through Portale degli Antenati
A clear overview of Antenati and how to use it, from Lauren Wake, AG® at Family Search.
Addresses and websites of Provincial Record Centres in Italy (Archivi di Stato). Includes details of what each centre holds.
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Includes information about historical archives of documents created in Italy and abroad, including Kingdom of Sardinia (London 1730-1860). Hint: search for "Inventari online".
Italian Soldiers Fallen World War I
Albo dei Caduti Italiani della Grande Guerra: a register of the roll of honor of Italian soldiers fallen in the First World War. Compiled with patronage of the Ministry of Defence.
Italian Military Graphic Institute, cartographic section of the Armed Forces, formed in 1861 following the unification of Italy
Records of the The Italian Directorate General of Archives Relating to Nazi-Era Cultural Property
The Direzione Generale Archivi (DGA: Italian Directorate General of Archives) coordinates and promotes the activities of all of the Italian State Archives (one in each province) and of the Soprintendenze archivistiche (Archival Departments, one in each region). The State Archives hold the documents that all state offices deposit 40 years after the records were created. The records of the offices of the Prime Minister, the ministries and other central bodies are sent to the Central State Archives in Rome, and those from regional offices go to the appropriate State Archives in each province. The Soprintendenze supervise the archives of other public authorities and of private archives considered of notable historical importance. This means that the DGA does not directly conserve documents but supervises all the state, public and private archives throughout the country.
Records of births, marriages, and deaths, commonly called vital records. Kept by priests in parish registers or church books they include baptisms, marriages, and deaths (burials) and may include confirmations and first communions.
Registers which, following the Rituale Romanum of 1614, parish priests were required to compile regularly: they contained personal and religious data of parishioners, as well as the professions carried out and the properties. The latter were useful for determining the tithe (tenth part of the wealth) to be paid to the parish. The stati animarum can be considered a census of the population.
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