Registri Parrocchiali Italiani Italian Parish Records
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
2024 Year of Tourism of Roots - "While clients may explore the historical wonders of Rome and Florence, it's the moments spent in the ancestral lands, connecting with locals who might even be their relatives, that leaves an indelible mark on their hearts.” Emidio Spinogatti, Genealogist & AncestryTour Guide in Abruzzo & Molise
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A Trailblazing Initiative: Digitizing Parish Records Enabling Intergenerational Identity & Healing
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Preserving the Heritage of Rende Calabria, A Collaborative Endeavor: The Church, A Museum, & IPR
Francesco E. Fullone
Raising the Profile of a Parish Digitization Project: San Mando D'Aquino Calabria Daniel J. F. Lupia
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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
October
Serra d'Aiello, Cosenza, Calabria: Indexed Catasto Onciario 1752. Marcus Mosely
Marsala, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Marriage Records 1837. Monica Galfano
Cleto (Pietramala), Cosenza Calabria: Updated Indexed Catasto Onciario 1752. Marcus Mosely
Vita, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Birth Records 1822. Maurilio Ponzo
Vita, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Death Records 1840. Maurilio Ponzo
Ferrazzano, Campobasso, Molise: Indexed Civil Marriages 1809-1811. Guido Paoluzi,Cusani
Trapani City, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Marriage Public Publications for San Lorenzo Parrocchia 1582. Alessandro Paladino
San Martino Canavese (part of the Metropolitan City of Torino), Torino, Piemonte: Indexed Birth Records S. Giovanni Battista 1867-1900. (The website also includes historical information) Isabella McKeefry
Santo Stefano Quisquina, Agrigento, Sicilia: Indexed Parish Battesimi Records 1566-1580, includes a subset of marriages for 1567-1568. Noah J. Graf
Trapani City, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Marriage Public Publications for San Lorenzo Parrocchia 1583. Alessandro Paladino
Indexing Occupation Guide for Marsala, Sicilia. Angela Whaley
Valdiporro (frazione of Bosco Chiesanuuova), Verona, Veneto: Parrocchia Valdiporro Indexed Stati delle Anime 1797-1923.
Marsala, Trapani, Sicilia: Indexed Civil Diversi Records 1827. Angela Whaley
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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.
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