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'''Learn how to use Italian civil registration records with a '''[ | '''Learn how to use Italian civil registration records with a '''[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/researchcourses#italy_res '''new online class!'''] | ||
Civil registration records are the vital records made by the government. Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly referred to as vital records because they refer to vital events in a person’s life. | Civil registration records are the vital records made by the government. Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly referred to as vital records because they refer to vital events in a person’s life. | ||
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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. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Image:CivilBirthRecord.jpg See a translation one of the printed forms.] | 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. [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Image:CivilBirthRecord.jpg See a translation one of the printed forms.] | ||
[[Italy Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Italy Births and Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
=== Marriages [matrimoni] === | === Marriages [matrimoni] === | ||
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'''Supporting documents''' '''[''processetti or allegati''].''' These documents were often filed by the bride and groom in support of their intent or "solemn promise" to marry. Records proving their births and their parents’ births and deaths and sometimes documentation on earlier generations may be included. The names of former spouses and their death dates are also provided. | '''Supporting documents''' '''[''processetti or allegati''].''' These documents were often filed by the bride and groom in support of their intent or "solemn promise" to marry. Records proving their births and their parents’ births and deaths and sometimes documentation on earlier generations may be included. The names of former spouses and their death dates are also provided. | ||
[[Italy Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Italy Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
=== Marriage Records === | === Marriage Records === | ||
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Stillbirths are recorded in separate registers entitled nato morto. In later records they are included in the allegati. They were not recorded in either the birth or death records. If an infant died within hours after birth, the birth and death records should both be found. | Stillbirths are recorded in separate registers entitled nato morto. In later records they are included in the allegati. They were not recorded in either the birth or death records. If an infant died within hours after birth, the birth and death records should both be found. | ||
[[Italy Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Italy Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
=== State of the Family [Stato di famiglia] === | === State of the Family [Stato di famiglia] === | ||
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[[Italy Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Italy Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
[[Italy, Mantova Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Collection)]] | [[Italy, Mantova Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Collection)]] | ||
== Records at the Family History Library == | == Records at the Family History Library == | ||
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To find out what records the library has, look in the Place Search of the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog] | To find out what records the library has, look in the Place Search of the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog] | ||
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ITALY, [PROVINCE], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION | ITALY, [PROVINCE], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION | ||
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Or, look in the Place Search under: | Or, look in the Place Search under: | ||
ITALY, TOSCANA - CIVIL REGISTRATION (Fill in the search boxes, "Toscana", part of "Italy") | ITALY, TOSCANA - CIVIL REGISTRATION (Fill in the search boxes, "Toscana", part of "Italy") | ||
== Finding Records Not at the Family History Library == | == Finding Records Not at the Family History Library == | ||