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Birth records generally give the child’s name, sex, birth date, and birthplace, and the parents’ names. Many of the early records and all of the later records provide additional details, including the parents’ birthplaces, ages, and occupations and the mother’s maiden name. The baptism date is usually included with the civil birth record. | Birth records generally give the child’s name, sex, birth date, and birthplace, and the parents’ names. Many of the early records and all of the later records provide additional details, including the parents’ birthplaces, ages, and occupations and the mother’s maiden name. The baptism date is usually included with the civil birth record. | ||
Births were generally registered within a day or two of the child’s birth, usually by the father of the family or by the attending midwife. Corrections to a birth record may have been added as a marginal note. In later records, marginal notes are frequently found, providing marriage and death information. [[:File:CivilBirthRecord.jpg|See a translation of a pre-1865 printed form.]] | Births were generally registered within a day or two of the child’s birth, usually by the father of the family or by the attending midwife. Corrections to a birth record may have been added as a marginal note. In later records, marginal notes are frequently found, providing marriage and death information. | ||
[[:File:CivilBirthRecord.jpg|See a translation of a pre-1865 printed form.]] | |||
[[:File:Atti di Nascita post-1875.pdf|See a translation of a post-1875 printed form.]] | |||
===Marriages [matrimoni]=== | ===Marriages [matrimoni]=== | ||