Italy, L'Aquila, Civil Registration, State Archive - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Stato Civile di L'Aquila, Italia

Image Visibility
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Record Description
This is a collection of civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths within the custody of the State Archive of L'Aquila for the years 1809-1865, and 1911-1943.

Also includes:
 * Ten-year indexes (indici decennali)
 * Residency records (cittadinanze)
 * Marriage banns (notificazioni o pubblicazioni)
 * Supplemental records (allegati)
 * Marriage supplements (processetti)
 * Miscellaneous records (atti diversi), etc.

Availability of different record types is based on time period and location. Records included in this collection coincide with the modern-day provinces of L'Aquila and Rieti. Images for this collection were mistakenly made available to the general public who registered on this site. Because of the agreement signed 30 June 2011, the publication rights of images belongs to the Italian National Archives (DGA) who publishes them freely to all on their Portale degli antenati.

These records are written in Italian.

Record History, Content and Use
For additional details about the contents of these records, their history, and help using them see the wiki article: Italy, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Language Help
These records are in Italian. For help reading the records see the wiki articles:


 * Italy Language and Languages
 * Italian Genealogical Word List

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Related Websites
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Related Wiki Articles
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