Archives: Archives

Marital status

The State Archive of Lucca preserves the fund Atti dello stato civile del Principato di Lucca (1807-1814) that collects the second copies of birth, marriage and death registers produced by the municipalities of Lucca, Massa and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana.

– List of conscription (1840-1948).

The recruitment archives are the following: Recruitment Office, which contains the list of recruits of this province born between 1833 and 1923 called to the recruitment examination; Captaincy of Viareggio – Recruitment Office holds the recruitment lists of the Navy for the classes between 1901 and 1985. The Recruitment Lists from 1924 and the next classes are hold at the Florence State Archive.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The draft cards series of the classes of 1844-1888, is available for consultation at the Pisa State Archive; the institute of Lucca holds the draft cards of the Luccan recruits born between 1913 and 1940.

Databases

The Institute has created recently a database available for consultation by the general public, in which the names taken from the Lucca Extraction lists (1880-1890) and the Garfagnana (1875-1890) have been gathered. An additional database that includes the names of the dead, taken from the registries of the “alienated” series of the Procura della Repubblica di Lucca is available for consultation by the users.

Marital status

The State Archives in L’Aquila hold second copies of birth, marriage and death registers with their indexes and attachments from 1809 to 1865 from the municipalities in the current province of L’Aquila and the suppressed district of Cittaducale, now in the province of Rieti. Recently, the court in L’Aquila also transferred the registers of the Italian period from 1866 to 2000 for the municipalities in its district. The fund can be consulted in the study room of the institute.

– List of conscription (1840-1948).

In the fund called the Provincial Leva Council are collected the conscription lists of the classes (born) between 1768 and 1841 of the districts of L’Aquila, Avezzano, Cittaducale and Sulmona and also, but only for the class of 1819, the matriculation rolls of conscripts from the provinces of Abruzzo and Molise. The Archive L’Aquila Conscription Office Instead, it contains the conscription lists referring to the classes between 1842 and 1944 and the registers of the reformed (classes 1874-1899) male population; there are gaps for the municipalities of the former Cittaducale district (classes 1842-1908) and for the municipalities of Popoli and Bussi (from the class of 1908).

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Aquila and Sulmona Military District Archive (classes of 1843-1913) holds the draft cards and military records of the enrolled recruits.

Marital status

The Fermo State Archive holds the Civil Registry files of the Fermo Circumscription (1860-1959), formed by files from the Fermo City Registry. Per il periodo postunitario si conserva solo parte del Fondo dei Servizi demografici dallo Stato civile del comune di Fermo (1860-1959) con notizie relative a emigrazioni, censimenti della popolazione, nascite e morti.

– List of conscription (1840-1948).

Le liste di leva delle classi 1839-1948 si riferiscono ai cittadini maschi nati e residenti a Fermo, chiamati a svolgere la leva.

Marital status

The Benevento State Archives preserve Civil status records, second copies of birth registers, publications and marriage and death records, drawn up from 1809 to 1942 by the municipalities of the province.

– List of conscription (1840-1948).

The Military Service Records holds the Recruitment Lists and the draft dodgers of the classes from 1870 to 1934.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The draft cards archive hold the military records and lists that give us information about the military service and campaigns, the Army corps in which the privates and non-commissioned officers served of the classes from 1874 to 1931.

Online Sources.

The Civil Registry database is available at this institute taken from the birth certificates from 1809 to 1860 and the Recruitment Lists and military records which are available at the site homepage. For any research related to the fallen World Ward I soldiers a consultation service is available for users.

For any research related to the fallen World Ward I soldiers a consultation service is available for users.

Marital status

The Caserta State Archive holds the Civil Registry (1808-1865), which includes themarriage processes (1809-1864).

Draft lists

The file Military District holds the Recruitment Lists (classes of 1842-1935).

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Military District fund preserves the matriculation rolls (classes 1870-1935).

Online Sources.

The institute made available online:

Indici degli esiti di leva 1842 – 1851;

Ruoli matricolari classe 1866-1884 (nati 1861-1888);

Ruoli matricolari classe 1885-1895 (nati 1879-1898);

Ruoli matricolari classe 1895-1904 (nati 1874-1905);

Ruoli matricolari classe 1904-1920 (nati 1903);

Ruoli matricolari classe 1921-1933.

The list of fallen soldiers and soldiers decorated for military valour, from the First World War, born in Caserta and San Leucio.

Marital status

The Campobasso State Archives hold the civil status fonds, which collect the second copies of birth, marriage and death registers, produced by the offices of the municipalities, with indexes and annexes in accordance with the regulations in force in the various historical periods, and are subdivided into Civil Status of the Municipality of Baranello (1809-1982); Civil Status of the Municipalities in the Province of Campobasso (1809-1957) (with the exclusion of Duronia whose records are in the State Archives in Isernia). Marriage proceedings for the oldest part (birth certificates of the bride and groom and death certificates of their parents) are also included. Since 1866, citizenship registers (mostly changes of residence), ten-year indexes and annexes of births, marriages and deaths prescribed by Italian state law have been added.

– List of conscription (1840-1948).

The Recruitment Listsarchive holds the documents of young male citizens born between 1842 and 1935 and residents in the District, whom were called to the recruitment exam.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The other group of documents comprises the draft card series from the Campobasso and Caserta Military Districts (classes of 1874-1934).

Civil registry

The Catanzaro State Archive and its Lamezia Terme section hold theCivil Registry archive, that is to say, the duplicates of the birth, marriage and death certificates, and of the marriage announcements between 1809 and 1865, of the Catanzaro, Crotona and Vibo Valentia current provinces.

Army census

The so-called Military Archive holds the Recruitment Lists of the Catanzaro, Crotone (classes of 1942-1949) and Vibo Valentia military districts (classes up to 1929).

Recruitment number and military draw number

TheMilitary Archive holds the draft cards, which give us information about the military service, the Army corps and the military campaigns in which the privates and non-commissioned officers born between 1843 and 1945 in the old military districts of the current provinces of Catanzaro, Crotona and Vibo Valentia served.

Online Sources

The national 14-18 Documents and Images of the Great War project, coordinated by the Central Institute for the Single Catalogue of Italian Libraries, was set up with the initial objective of virtually bringing together and making available online the bibliographic and archival material of the War Fund. The project has since expanded to involve various institutes including the Superintendence for Historical and Ethnoanthropological Heritage of Calabria the State Archives of Catanzaro, the Superintendency of Fine Arts and Landscape of Calabria, the Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina, the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento, the Superintendency of Fine Arts and Landscape for the Municipality and Province of Naples, the Superintendency of Historical, Artistic and Ethnoanthropological Heritage of Puglia.

Marital status

The State Archives of Chieti, with the Lanciano section, preserves the fund called Civil Status Acts from 1809 to 1930 from the municipalities in the area now in the province of Chieti.

Draft lists

Chieti Military District contains draft lists referring to young men (classes 1842-1950).

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Chieti Military District (Classes 1843-1943), L’Aquila and Sulmona Military Districts (Classes 1914 – 1937) collections collect the matriculation rolls of enlisted conscripts (privates, non-commissioned officers and aviation specialists) with alphabetical rubrics and Milizia Volontaria L’Aquila-Sulmona, Colonial Military Districts (Classes 1909-1923).

Marital status

The Brescia State Archives hold Civil status records of births, marriages, deaths with indexes and annexes from the Napoleonic period (1806-1814), and Italian civil status records of the municipality of Brescia and the municipalities aggregated to it (1880-1928): Brescia, Caionvico, Fiumicello Urago, Mompiano, San Bartolomeo, San Nazzaro, Sant’Alessandro and Sant’Eufemia della Fonte.

– List of conscription (1840-1948).

L’Istituto conserva le Liste di leva e le liste di estrazione per le classi (nati ) 1803-1933 e 1934-1939. Le fonti sono inventariate ed è in corso una schedatura analitica delle liste di leva (disponibili dati completi per gli anni 1903-1905). I fondi sono soggetti a periodici incrementi delle serie.

Matriculation sheets and roles

The draft cards of the classes between 1874 and 1925 from the Brescia District and of the classes between 1875 and 1925 from the Treviglio District, which contain information about the military service of each recruit (privates and non-commissioned officers) until his discharge.

Marital status

The sources are not available at this Institute.

Draft lists

The State Archives in Bozen/Bolzano preserve the Military District of Bolzano fonds: a collection of conscription records from the Austro-Hungarian military administration for born soldiers (1830-1906), the conscription registers of the Bozen/Bolzano Leva Office (classes 1910-1946).

Matriculation sheets and roles

The Military District of Bolzano fund holds the matriculation rolls (classes 1877-1950) and matriculation sheets (classes 1875-1950).

Online Sources.

The institute has made available online the list of sovversivi politici anni 1930 ca and part of the Documentazione sugli Internati Militari Italiani concerning: Lists of internees with their fate; Searches of persons (who did not turn out to be deceased) by correspondence); Medical records admitted to the civil hospital in Bolzano; Lists of deceased Military internees.

Other sources in the area

The microfilms of the Parish Books (in other words, the baptisms, marriages and deaths, and, in some cases, confirmations, illegitimate children and families) from the 1670’s to today are available for consultation in the Bolzano Provincial Archive.