Archives: Archives

Marital status

The State Archives of Rome holds the following civil status fonds:
– Napoleonic Civil Status Acts (1810-1814) : consisting of civil status acts of Rome and its district, and a small appendix of parish books (1565- 1849) that arrived at the State Archives along with the rest of the fonds.
– Civil Status of Rome and Province (1871-1929): the fund was disbursed by the Court of Rome in several tranches in 2006-2007 and consisted of Italian Civil Status records (birth, death, marriage, indexes) related to Rome and the municipalities of the Province.
Due to lack of space in the State Archives repositories, the records were outsourced to the company Iron Mountain and stored at a repository in Aprilia where in 2011, due to a fire, all the records were destroyed. To remedy this loss, the ‘Family Search’ association launched a digitization campaign in 2015 to digitize the ‘first originals’ kept in the municipalities of the Province of Rome.

Draft lists

The fonds of the State Archives of Rome: Lever Office of Rome (1850-1947), consisting of conscription lists, draw lists and decisions of the Lever Council; Lever Office of the Civitavecchia District (1850-1899), consisting of conscription lists, draw lists and decisions of the Lever Council.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Orvieto Military District fund (which also includes municipalities in the province of Rieti), on the other hand, contains matricular rolls and alphabetical rubrics (classes 1859-1895), with records of military service performed, enlistment corps, and war campaigns up to discharge; there are also rolls of the Voluntary Militia of National Security for the classes 1881-1915. The draft cards of the recruits of the Rome circumscritpion (classes of 1843-1939) can be found at theRome Military District.

Marital status

The State Archives of Bergamo preserves the Civil Status Acts of Bergamo and the municipalities of the province, produced between 1866 and 1943 and paid for by the Court of Bergamo. The Ancestry Portal publishes the digital copies of the documents issued until 1943, but it is not yet available. Digitisation of documents up to 1943 is not yet available.

Draft lists

The archive contains theconscription lists of the Municipality of Bergamo and of the other municipalities of the district (Redona, Grumello del Piano, Valtesse and Colognola) for the classes (births) between 1861 and 1927 (followed by 1954). Also filed are the conscription lists of municipalities in the province for the years between 1822 and 1940.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The institute also preserves documentation received from the Military Districts of Bergamo and Treviglio for the birth classes between 1868 and 1948: matriculation rolls, model 106 ( better known as matriculation sheets) and alphabetical rubrics.

Online Sources.

The files of the city register office at the Recruitment Lists for some of the military classes have been gathered in a database available for all users.

Marital status

The State Archives in Novara preserve the civil status records of the Department of Agogna (1805 – 1814) and also the population registers paid by the municipality of Novara.

Draft lists

The Military District of Novara fund preserves the conscription lists (classes 1866-1932) concerning the municipalities in the province of Novara and the municipalities in the province of Verbania.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Military District of Novara fund preserves the matriculation rolls (classes 1866-1932) concerning the municipalities in the province of Novara and the municipalities in the province of Verbania.

Online Sources.

The institute has made the lists of Draft lists available online. Subdivided by conscription class and by district: Province of Novara (1840-1863); Province of Novara-Circondario di Pallanza (1840-1853); Province of Novara-Circondario dell’Ossola (1840-1849).

Also available online are the lists of matriculation rolls, containing the names of military personnel in the troop roll, for the draft classes 1866-1920.

Marital status

The State Archives in Perugia preserve the Comune di Perugia fund with the series parish registers of Perugia (1522-1863) and correspondence relating to the Napoleonic period (1809-1815). The Court of Perugia fund also preserves the Civil Status of the municipalities in the Perugia district, registers of births, publication of marriages, marriages, deaths and citizenship deeds (1860-2000).

Draft lists

The Military District of Perugia fund conserves the conscription lists for those born in the classes 1848-1948 and the lists of renunciants for those born in the classes 1870-1950.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Military District of Perugia fonds preserves the series of reformed (classes 1874-1916), rubrics (classes 1853-1854, 1856-1858, 1860-1864, 1866-1948), matriculation rolls (classes 1848, 1851-1948), NCO matriculation cards (classes 1906-1945).

Marital status

The Parma State Archive holds the Civil Registry files of the Borgotaro Circumscription (1806 – 1865), the Civil Registry files of the Parma Circumscription (1806 – 1865), and the Civil Registry files and the Parish Books of Parma (18th – 19th centuries). The Institute holds microfilms series, which are available for consultation at the study room, and reproduce the sources issued by the cities of the province between 1866 and 1910 and the parish books of the territory from the 16th century and 1914.

Draft lists

The Recruitment Office holds the Draft Cards of the Parma District and City (classes of 1824-1865), with some gaps.

Recruitment number and military draw number

The Recruitment Office holds the Draft Cards of the Parma District and City (classes of 1824-1865), with some gaps.

Marital status

The Vercelli State Archives preserves the Civil Status of Vercelli and Province (1804-1865) fund. A recent deposit also brought to the premises the uninventoried deeds from 1866 to the 20th century.

Draft lists

The Institute holds the following files:

– Military district of Vercelli preserves conscription lists (1779-1931);

– Military district of Novara preserves conscription lists (1900-1923) for the municipalities included in the current province of Vercelli.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Institute holds the following files:

– Vercelli Military District keeps the matriculation rolls (classes 1846-1924) and the matriculation sheets (classes 1846-1923);

– Military district of Novara conserves the rolls and matriculation sheets (1900-1923) for the municipalities included in the current province of Vercelli.

Marital status

The Varallo State Archives Section preserves the Civil Status fund concerning parish registers (1838-1865) and civil status records of the municipalities included in the Napoleonic districts of the Department of Agogna (1801-1814) and Department of Sezza (1804-1814); while the Post-Unification Civil Status fund contains the records produced by the municipalities of Varallo and district from 1866 to 1915.

Marital status

The Udine State Archive holds the Kingdom of Italy Civil Registryfor the Udine and Pordenone Provinces, which contains the duplicates of the birth, marriage and death certificates and its alphabetical lists from 1806 to 1815. The archive also includes the Attached files series (marriages and deaths). That is to say, the certificates required by the Civil Registry to issue a specific certificate (Parish registries, parental authorization for marriage, other certificates issued abroad…). The Italian Civil Registry –Tolmezzo Court, Italian Civil Registry – Udine Courthold the copies of the certificates (birth, marriage, death and citizenship certificates, decennial indexes and attached files) of all cities of the Udine province from 1871 to 1900. The acts are not complete for the area of the mountains due to the earthquakes of 1976, and can only be consulted at the study room of the archive. For the years 1814/1815 and 1866 the research must be carried out at the local dioceses and parishes.

Draft lists

The institute holds the fonds: Udine Province Conscription Office, contains the conscription lists of those born since 1846 in the municipalities included in the districts of the present provinces of Udine (up to the class of 1944) and Pordenone (up to the class of 1883).

Matriculation sheets and roles

The institute keeps the Udine Military District fund contains matriculation rolls and alphabetical rubrics for the classes 1872-1912,1934-1938 and matriculation sheets of non-commissioned officers (1878-1938). The military files from the Udine and Pordenone Districts contains information about the military service, the Army corps and the military campaigns in which the recruits served until their discharge.

Online Sources.

The intitute created in 2004 the database “Friuli IN PRIN- Anagrafe storica of the famiglie friulane” with the purpose of making available the historical sources for population. The sources were the recruitment and marriage certificates. Friuli in prin will carry out a solid and reliable structure that will provide personal data of the friulans born between 1846 and 1920 at the Udine and Pordenone provinces. Today (June 2010) the database has identified 84.091 marriage certificates from 1871 to 1900 for all Udine province (except for the Austrian area) and 233.000 recruitment acts for the classes of 1846-1890 from the Ampezzo, Cividale, Gemona, Latisana, Maniago, Moggio, Palmanova, Spilimbergo, Pordenone, San Daniele, San Pietro, Tolmezzo, Tarcento and Udine districts. The Codroipo, Sacile and San Vito district are currently being elaborated.

Register of Population Rolls (1836).

Register of Population Rolls (1865).

Other Sources in the Archive

Family books of the Udine census (1836; 1865) are available for consultation in this institute.

Marital status

The State Archives of Piacenza preserves the Civil Status Acts of the municipalities of the province of Piacenza (1806 – 1929) from the civil status offices of the municipalities. The collection also holds the series of Annexes ( 1806-1929). The Piacenza Municipality – Civil Status fund containing population census records and population registers with alphabetical headings (1809-1881) is also preserved. The proceedings are freely available at the institute’s study room.

Draft lists

The Piacenza Conscription Office fund preserves conscription lists in the municipalities of the province of Piacenza (classes 1903-1947) and Parma ( classes 1916-1947).

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Military Districts of Piacenza and Parma fund preserves the matriculation rolls for Piacenza (classes 1842-1945) and for Parma (classes 1866-1945). Included in the fund are some records related to the War Volunteers of the Parma district ( classes 1915-1929).

Online Sources.

The Institute has created the following databases:

Piacenza Firstborn in the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy

Piacenza fighters for Unity

Let’s put a face to Piacenza’s fallen: Piacenza’s fallen soldiers of World War I.

Piacenza Military Hospital: inpatient rubrics 1915-1919 (continuously updated)

RICOMPART: Recognizing qualifications for partisan rewards.

Marital status

The Prato State Archive holds, in the archive Prato City Council, the Civil Registry series, the baptized registry from 1482 to 1808; the death registry from 1557 to 1817, and the marriage registry from 1597 to 1867 (the inventory is available for consultation atArchivi storici Toscani). The reformers of the Siena Statute decided that, “in order to know the age of boys and girls”, Michele di Francesco Guizzelmi had to elaborate a list of births since the death of Filippo Inghirami, who, in his 1489-90 testament, granted 5 scolarships for young males and 8 dowries for girls from local noble families. Guizzelmi carried out the task taking the names from the baptized registry of the S. Stefano Pieve. After Guizzelmi the local chancellors will carry out this task until 1808. In addition to this, they started to file baptized books since 1580 , then death and marriage registries. In 1935 an index of baptized women from 1510 to 1556, the so-called number ^{10 bis}, was recovered. From 1808 on we can rely on the Civil Registry, established during the French domination and continued during the Grand Duchy and the Kingdom of Italy (see Florence State Archive). The Italian Civil Registry files are gathered in the archive Florence Court – Civil Registry files Prato District, dated between 1866 and 1905, and issued by Calenzano, Cantagallo, Carmignano, Montemurlo, Prato and Vernio. The archivo holds the Attachedfiles series as well. The Ancestry Site publishes digitalized copies of the Italian Civil Registry until 1900.

Draft lists

In the Historical Archives of the City of Prato, series Fortifications and Militias, there are military conscription registers for the years (1804-14) and (1820-64).

Online Sources.

A database of the Ospedale della Misericordia e Dolce, particularly the Contrassegno dei trovatelli (1762-1866) series, is available for consultation at the site.