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Italy Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Helps For Using This Research Outline
Italian Search Strategies
Records At The Family History Library
Archives And Libraries
Provincial Archives [Archivio Di Stato]
Local Civil Offices [Comune]
Church Archives
Church Parish
Other Libraries
Historical And Genealogical Societies
Inventories, Registers, Catalogs
Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Biography
Census
Understanding The Census
Availability Of Census Records
Church Directories
Church History
Roman Catholic
Waldensians
Eastern Or Greek Orthodox
Other Churches
Church Records
General Historical Background
Duplicate Church Records
Information Recorded In Church Registers
Finding Church Records
Search Strategies
Records Of Non-catholic Religions
Civil Registration
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Civil Registers
Finding Civil Registration Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Finding The Emigrant’s Town Of Origin
Emigration From Italy
Records Of Italian Emigrants In Their Destination Countries
Immigration Into Italy
Gazetteers
Genealogy
Major Collections And Databases
Family Histories
Genealogical Collections
Heraldry
Historical Geography
History
Local Histories
Jewish History
Jewish Records
Language And Languages
Maps
Military Records
Historical Background
Military Records Of Genealogical Value
Finding Military Records
Minorities
Names, Personal
Surnames
Given Names
Nobility
Notarial Records
Periodicals
Probate Records
Schools
Social Life And Customs
Societies
Other Records Of Italy
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
COURT RECORDS Italian court records date from the 1400s, and those that are indexed are done so by the names of those arrested. Most crimes never reached the courts but were settled on a local level. Search court records as a last resort.
Since the unification, police records have been kept on every Italian citizen. When applying for certain jobs, a felony certificate [certificato penale] is required to prove that the applicant’s record is clean. These police records are held by the court [tribunale] of each province and copies may be requested from the court office [casellario giudiziale]. See also the section in this outline on “Notarial Records.”
Directories are alphabetical lists of names and addresses. They often list all adult residents or tradespeople of a city or area.
Telephone directories sometimes have city maps and may include addresses of churches, cemeteries, civil registration offices, and other locations that may be of value to you. These directories can also help you determine the areas where particular surnames are common.
The Family History Library has Italian telephone directories. These are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
The library also has some older telephone directories on microfilm. In addition, the library has the following compact disc:
Indirizzi e numeri di telefono di tutta Italia (Addresses and telephone numbers of all of Italy). Mannheim, Germany: Topware CD Service, 1996. (FHL disc AUTOMATED RD CD 4500 no. 64, CCD 808625; computer number 808625.)
Church directories can help you find diocese and parishes. See the “Church Directories” section of this outline for more information.
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