Italy

Learn the essentials for researching families in Italy.
Step 1: identify your ancestral town.
Step 2: learn to use civil registration records.
Step 3: learn to use Catholic Church records.

Research Foundations

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Step 1: Town Identification
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Step 2: Civil Registration Records
  1. Begin Your Journey with Italian Civil Registration
  2. Find Your Italian Ancestors Online Through Portale degli Antenati
  3. Basic Italian Research
  4. Stato Civile Italiano per Ricostruire la Propria Storia Familiare (Italian)
  5. Italy Civil Registration (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
  6. Italian Genealogy Research–How to Find Italian Records (FamilySearch Blog Article)
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Step 3: Catholic Church Records
  1. Italian Catholic Parish Research
  2. Come Ricercare i Registri Parrocchiali (Italian)
  3. Basic Italian Research
  4. Italy Church Records (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
  5. Italian Genealogy Research – How to Find Italian Records (FamilySearch Blog Article)

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  1. Italy Handwriting (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
  2. Italian Genealogical Word List (FamilySearch Wiki Article)
  3. Italian Paleography Tutorial (BYU Script Tutorial Site)
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