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Guide to '''Italy ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Guide to '''Italy ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
==Information==
==Country Information==
Italy is a country in Southwestern Europe bordered by [[France Genealogy|France]], [[Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland]], [[Austria Genealogy|Austria]], [[Slovenia Genealogy|Slovenia]], [[San Marino Genealogy|San Marino]], and [[Vatican City Genealogy|Vatican City]]. It became a unified country in 1861. The official language is Italian.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Italy," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy, accessed 24 March 2016.</ref>
Italy is a country in Southwestern Europe bordered by [[France Genealogy|France]], [[Switzerland Genealogy|Switzerland]], [[Austria Genealogy|Austria]], [[Slovenia Genealogy|Slovenia]], [[San Marino Genealogy|San Marino]], and [[Vatican City Genealogy|Vatican City]]. It became a unified country in 1861. The official language is Italian.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Italy," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy, accessed 24 March 2016.</ref>


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Guide to Italy ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Country Information[edit | edit source]

Italy is a country in Southwestern Europe bordered by France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. It became a unified country in 1861. The official language is Italian.[1]

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Genealogy records are kept on the state, province, and local level in Italy. Click on a province or use the list of province links under Jurisdictions.

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Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]

Regions[edit | edit source]

Italy is subdivided into 20 regions (regioni, singular regione). Five of these regions have a special autonomous status that enables them to enact legislation on some of their local matters, and are marked by an asterisk (*). It is further divided into 109 provinces (provincie) and 8,101 municipalities (comuni). Records are kept at the town level.

Provinces[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Italy," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy, accessed 24 March 2016.