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Record Finder Table for Italy

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics

This Record Finder table links to the Italy topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

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Birth date and place	Church Records Civil Registration	Military Records
Marriage place and date	Church Records Civil Registration
Death date, place, and burial	Church Records Civil Registration

Maiden Names and Family Members

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Maiden name	Church Records Civil Registration
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	Church Records Civil Registration
Living relatives	Genealogies Directories

Immigration and Country of Origin

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Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
Country and town of origin	Emigration and Immigration Church Records, Census	Emigration and Immigration, Military Records

Residences and Locations

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Residence	Church Records Civil Registration

Personal Details and Affiliations

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Nobility	Nobility Heraldry
Occupation	Church Records Civil Registration
Religion	Church Records
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records

Vocabulary	Latin Genealogical Word List Italian Genealogical Word List French Word List German Word List Italian Birth Document Translation (pre-unification) Italian Birth Document Translation (post-unification) Italian Marriage Document Translations Italian Civil Death Document Translation (pre-unification)
Handwriting	Italy Handwriting
Naming patterns	Names, Personal
Online classes	Italy Genealogy Research Using the Wiki - Video Series
Writing for records	Italy Letter Writing Guide

Provinces

The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each provinces, including links to actual records.

Agrigento, Sicily Alessandria, Piedmont Ancona, Marche Aosta, Valle d’Aosta Arezzo, Tuscany Ascoli Piceno, Marche Asti, Piedmont Avellino, Campania Bari, Apulia Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia Belluno, Veneto Benevento, Campania Bergamo, Lombardy Biella, Piedmont Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Bolzano or South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Brescia, Lombardy Brindisi, Apulia Cagliari, Sardinia Caltanissetta, Sicily Campobasso, Molise Carbonia-Iglesias, Sardinia Caserta, Campania Catania, Sicily Catanzaro, Calabria Chieti, Abruzzo Como, Lombardy Cosenza, Calabria Cremona, Lombardy Crotone, Calabria Cuneo, Piedmont Enna, Sicily Fermo, Marche Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna Florence (Firenze), Tuscany Foggia, Apulia Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna Frosinone, Lazio Genoa (Genova), Liguria Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Grosseto, Tuscany Imperia, Liguria Isernia, Molise La Spezia, Liguria L’Aquila, Abruzzo Latina, Lazio Lecce, Apulia Lecco, Lombardy Livorno, Tuscany Lodi, Lombardy Lucca, Tuscany Macerata, Marche Mantua (Mantova), Lombardy Massa and Carrara, Tuscany Matera, Basilicata Medio Campidano, Sardinia Messina, Sicily Milan (Milano), Lombardy Modena, Emilia-Romagna Monza and Brianza, Lombardy Naples (Napoli), Campania Novara, Piedmont Nuoro, Sardinia Ogliastra, Sardinia Olbia-Tempio, Sardinia Oristano, Sardinia Padua (Padova), Veneto Palermo, Sicily Parma, Emilia-Romagna Pavia, Lombardy Perugia, Umbria Pesaro and Urbino, Marche Pescara, Abruzzo Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna Pisa, Tuscany Pistoia, Tuscany Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Potenza, Basilicata Prato, Tuscany Ragusa, Sicily Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna Reggio Calabria, Calabria Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna Rieti, Lazio Rimini, Emilia-Romagna Rome (Roma), Lazio Rovigo, Veneto Salerno, Campania Sassari, Sardinia Savona, Liguria Siena, Tuscany Sondrio, Lombardy South Tyrol (Bolzano – Alto Adige), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Syracuse (Siracusa), Sicily Taranto, Apulia Teramo, Abruzzo Terni, Umbria Trapani, Sicily Trento (Torino), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Treviso, Veneto Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Turin, Piedmont Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Varese, Lombardy Venice (Venezia), Veneto Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont Vercelli, Piedmont Verona, Veneto Vibo Valentia, Calabria Vicenza, Veneto Viterbo, Lazio

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Country of foreign birth	Church Records, Census	Emigration and Immigration, Military Records
Death information	Civil Registration, Church Records	—
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration, Census	Military Records
Language helps	Language and Languages	Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Living relatives	Directories, Civil Registration	Societies, Periodicals
Maiden name	Civil Registration, Church Records	—
Marriage information	Church Records, Civil Registration, Genealogy	Biography, Nobility, Periodicals
Naming customs	Names, Personal	Social Life and Customs
Noble families	Nobility, Heraldry	Biography, Periodicals
Occupation	Civil Registration, Church Records	Notarial Records
Parents, children, and other family members	Census, Civil Registration	Church Records
Physical description	Military Records, Emigration and Immigration	Biography
Places of residence	Census, Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration
Places of residence when you know only the province	Directories, Census, Civil Registration	Church Records, Military Records
Religion	Church Records, Biography, Civil Registration	Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Church History
Social Activities	History, Social Life and Customs	—