Un popolo senza una conoscenza della propria storia, origine e culture passate è come un albero senza radici. Marcus Garvey
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, & culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey
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Updates Suzanne E. Greco, Founder & Director
Papal Dispensations in Marriage Records of Baselica (Parma), 1700-1806 Laura M. Zucconi, Professor, Stockton University
Bridging Genealogy & Historical Demography: A Case Study of Bozzano Parish Records Sonia Benassini
Tracing Shadows along the Po River: The Genealogical Hunt for the Soresi Family of Calendasco Paolo Venturini
Corato Emigration Project James Smith
Read A Historical Life Course Journal Article (Employing data extracted from civil and parish records)
A Comparison of Rule-based & Supervised Machine Learning Approaches for Record Linkage of Italian Historical Data by Saverio Minardi, Nicola Barban, and Suzanne Greco link
Did you know no other source has recorded the everyday lives of Italians in such depth and breadth from the 1500s through the 1900s? By papal decree (Council of Trent, 1545-1563), ordinances were documented and kept by the parish scribes detailing names, births, marriages, deaths, occupations, and census information. Socio-economic conditions, the devastating after-effects of natural disasters and sporadic outbreaks of the plague, complex human migration patterns throughout Italy over the centuries – all can be studied and analyzed through parish records. Hand-written on old paper that has deteriorated over time they need to be digitized before they are inextricably lost.
Visualizza alcuni dei record danneggiati View some of the damaged records.
Nuovo nei notri Archivi: New to our Archives
September
Irsina (formerly Montepeloso), Matera, Basilicata: Indexed Civil Births 1816 - 1825. Alessandro Tosi
Marsala, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Death Records 1854. Claudia Ingianni
Pagani, Salerno, Campania: Indexed Civil Death Records 1816 - 1820. Giuseppe Moccaldi
Sacco, Salerno, Campania: Indexed Civil Records - Birth 1809, 1811-1812, 1815-1838, 1840-1845, 1851-1853, 1866-1884, 1886-1895, 1897-1906, 1909-1913; Death 1809, 1811-1838, 1840-1844, 1851-1853, 1867-1902, 1905-1907, 1911, 1913-1922; Marriage 1809, 1812-1838, 1840-1844, 1850-1853, 1866-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1921, 1926, 1929; Processitti 1809, 1821-1838, 1840-1844, 1850-1853; Pubblicazioni 1866-1903, 1905-1907, 1909-1929. Jason Beals
Colle di Val d'Elsa, Siena, Tuscana: Indexed Civil Death Records 1814. Giovanni Bruno
Farnetta (frazione of Montecastrilli), Terni, Umbria: Indexed Parish Records - Indexed Parish Records - Nati 1912-1939; Matrimoni 1591-1946; Morti 1594-1860, 1912-1946; Stati dell Anime 1617, 1620, 1676, 1682, 1725, 1727, 1742, 1761, 1806, c. 1809, 1817, 1852, 1904. Marco Corradi, De Castro Farnectae. Addenda documentaria 2025 (Available commercially for purchase).
Lercara Friddi, Palermo, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Deaths 1943 and Civil Marriages 1937. Michelangelo Salamone
Dovera, Cremona, Lombardia: Indexed Civil Marriages 1878. Giovanni Bruno
Cerisano, Calabria, Cosenza: Indexed Civil Records - Births 1866-1910, Marriages 1876-1910, Marriage Publications 1866-1910, Deaths 1866-1910. Jack Christiansen
Paceco, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Deaths 1822. Maurilio Ponzo
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Using the 9 Volume Set of books published in 2010 by the Perfect of the Vatican Secret Archives, Father Sergio Pagano. Titled Il censimento degli archivi ecclesiastici d'Italia del 1942
This collection presents an inventory acquired during the census conducted in 1942-1943 at the behest of Cardinal Giovanni Mercati, of the Italian Parish registries.
Please note this census information informs us what registries may still be available today for digitizing and allows researchers to gather data about the time range the sacramental records began in communes across Italy.