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Some dioceses of the Catholic Church have gathered duplicates of their older church records into a diocesan archive. You can write to these archives and request brief searches of their records. See [[Italy Church Records#Church Archives|Italy Church Records: Church Archives]]. | Some dioceses of the Catholic Church have gathered duplicates of their older church records into a diocesan archive. You can write to these archives and request brief searches of their records. See [[Italy Church Records#Church Archives|Italy Church Records: Church Archives]]. | ||
====Parish Archives==== | ====Parish Archives==== | ||
Catholic records are usually kept by the local parish. You can write to local parishes and church archives for information. Use [http://www.parrocchie.it/qlist_home.php?cercointabella=parrocchie&id= '''Parrocchie.it'''] to find a parish address. Use '''[[Italy Letter Writing Guide]]''' to help compose a request in Italian. | |||
Catholic records are usually kept by the local parish. You can write to local parishes and church archives for information. | |||
== Libraries == | == Libraries == |
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