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Parish registers began around 1545 with the Council of Trent. This required the keeping of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which were stored in the relevant parish. Since 1820, a copy has been kept in the diocesan archives.
Within the diocesan archives, the census of parishioners (stato delle anime), by house, provides additional information.
Since 1866, civil registration has been gradually implemented. A copy of the record is kept at the town hall and another at the courthouse (by requesting it from the Public Prosecutor).
Population registers (registre di populazione), kept by town halls, list, by house, family members with their dates of birth, marriage, death, and other observations.
Emigration registers, kept by town halls, list the names, parentage, and destination of people leaving the town.
To guide you: Italian Genealogical Lexicon
Access to records // Search by names
List of dioceses and archdioceses in Italy
SittiCattolici - list of parish and diocese websites
ParrocchieWeb - list of parish websites
parrocchie.it - list of parishes
Parrochie Map - list of parishes and dioceses
genealogieitalienne.com : List of databases - Databases of Italian soldiers who died for the country - Italian soldiers who died for the country
FamilySearch: Documents for Italy
Antenati Italiani : Database
List of useful sites by provinces and regions
Caduti Grande Guerra - Military archives
Database - International Center for Studies on Italian Emigration
Italy, a country of immigration
1860-1960, Italian immigration in 4 major periods
History of Italian immigration
Italians in France: milestones of a migration
Ciao Italy! A century of Italian immigration and culture in France 1860-1960
Memory of migrations between Italy and France
Italian Odyssey - Stories of Italian immigration in France 1860-1960 and beyond.
Italian immigration to France in the 19th and 20th centuries
Italian emigration from 1830 to 1914 - Causes, conditions, and socio-economic consequences
History of immigration-Italian emigration in perspective: France, Italy, America
Archives of the Instituto Luce
Alinari Foundation for Photography
Blog Vernarbol - My roots in Veneto : many resources for Italy
Blog Dans les Branches: Genealogy in Italy: 3 steps to succeed in your visit
Genealogical Research in Italy
Genealogy Italy - Facebook Group
Videos:
Italian Genealogy - Online research portals
Italian Genealogy - Online resources outside genealogy portals
Tracing your Italian ancestors
Italian Heraldic and Genealogical Institute
The large family of Procida and Ischia
GenAmi - The association for Jewish genealogy
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