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Preservare l'inestimabile storia d'Italia Preserving the Priceless History of Italy
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
Parrocchie digitalizzate
Searchable indexed records
Searchable indexed records
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Outreach to the Vatican & Italian Ecclesiastical Authorities on Parish Records Preservation & Accessibility Suzanne E. Greco, Founder & Director
Survey Results "A Human Rights Issue" Suzanne E. Greco, Founder & Director
New Researcher in Palermo & Trapani Maurilio Ponzo
Sito web per i registri Parrocchiali Italiani Website for Italy's Catholic Parish Registries
Sito web per i registri Parrocchiali Italiani Website for Italy's Catholic Parish Registries
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
January
Marano Marchesato, Cosenza, Calabria: Indexed Notary Records Girolamo Pellegrini-Occhiuti Marriages 1861-1907. Margo Metegrano
Montella, Avellino, Campania: Indexed Civil Death Records 1809. Sara Moscariello
San Macario (frazione of Samarate), Varese, Lombardia: Indexed Parish Records for Purificazione di Maria Vergine - Battesimi 1569-1894, Matrimoni 1571-1753, Morti 1619-1728. Giovanni Bruno
Santa Maria del Monte, Varese, Lombardia: Santuario of Santa Maria de Monte - Very Limited Indexing of Battesimi, Matrimoni, e Morti. Giovanni Bruno
Panni, Foggia, Apulia: Indexed Catasto Onciaro di Panni 1753. Pierpaolo Barrassi
Siculiana, Agrigento, Sicilia: Indexed Parish Records - Vol. 2a 1735-43 (some earlier records survive between 1712-1734 in this book, but it is very random & sporadic), Vol. 2b 1743-55, Vol. 3 1756-68, Vol. 4 1768-83, Vol. 5a 1783-87, Vol 5b 1789-94, Vol. 5c 1787-94, Vol. 6a 1794-1815, Vol. 6b 1787-1815, Vol. 7 1815-1849 (After civil registration began, both researchers reviewed the early records and documented non-compliance. When indexers conducted a follow-up examination, they found that compliance emerged only after roughly two years. Civil registration gaps filled in with the parish records: 1885, 1896, 1901, 1909. Justin Rittwage & Joseph Alacchi
Siculiana, Agrigento, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Indici - Birth 1918; Marriage 1853; Marriage Publications 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1923; Morti 1914; Allegati Morti 1927-1928. Justin Rittwage
Siculiana, Agrigento, Sicilia: Indexed Parish Records - Battesimi 1719-1730. Justin Rittwage & Joseph Alacchi
Lercara Friddi, Palermo, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Death Records 1936- 1938. Michelangelo Salamone
Brancaccio (oggi Palermo), Palermo, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Marriage Publications 1936. Maurilio Ponzo
Ceraso, Salerno, Campania: Parrocchia San Nicola di Bari in Ceraso, Indexed Marriage Records 1900-1948. Giacomo Ebner
Bizzozero (frazione of Varese), Varese, Lombardia: Parrocchia Satni Martiri Stefano & Evasio - Indexed Marriages 1932. Giovanni Bruno
San Fermo, Varese, Lombardia: Parrocchia - Indexed Marriages 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Rasa di Varese, Varese, Lombardia: Parrocchia Santa Maria degli Angeli Rosa di Varese - Indexed Marriages 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Masnago (frazione of Varese), Varese, Lombardia: Parroccia SS Apostoli in Masnago - Indexed Marriages 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Varese, Varese, Lombardia: San Giovanni Evangelista/Ospedale - Indexed Marriages 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Santa Maria del Monte (frazione of Varese), Varese, Lombardia: Santa Maria del Monte - Indexed Marriages 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Bregazzana, Varese, Lombardia: San Sebastiano - Indexed Marriages 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Capolago, Varese, Lombardia: Santissima Trinita - Indexed Marriags 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Lissago, Varese, Lombardia: San Carlo Borromeo - Indexed Marriage 1932. Giovanni Bruno
Busto Arsizio, Varese, Lombardia: Stati delle Anime 1574 San Michele Arcangelo. Giovanni Bruno
Busto Arsizio, Varese, Lombardia: Stati dell Anime 1574 San Giovanni Battista. Giovanni Bruno
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Information for records that maybe available for your ancestral parish. Link
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.
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