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Italy has no single repository for church records. If the baptism, marriage, and burial records have not been microfilmed, you will have to contact or visit the local parish or archive in Italy. | Italy has no single repository for church records. If the baptism, marriage, and burial records have not been microfilmed, you will have to contact or visit the local parish or archive in Italy. | ||
===Local Parishes.=== | |||
Virtually all church registers are still maintained by the local parish. Some duplicates, for limited time periods, may be housed at the central archives of the diocese. For example, duplicates exists for the Diocese of Torino from 1820 to about 1899. | |||
Parishes will sometimes answer correspondence. You may send an inquiry to: | Parishes will sometimes answer correspondence. You may send an inquiry to: | ||
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''Il parroco di'' [name of parish, town, province] Italy | ''Il parroco di'' [name of parish, town, province] Italy | ||
===Church Archives.=== | |||
The Family History Library has microfilmed records at the diocesan archives in Caltanisseta, Torino, Trapani, and Parma. The library has planned microfilming projects at other Italian church archives. This is a major project that will continue for several years. | |||
When you write to Italy for genealogical information, your letter should be written in Italian. Send the following: | When you write to Italy for genealogical information, your letter should be written in Italian. Send the following: | ||