Most of these records retained the basic format introduced by Napoleon in the early 1800s. Antenati Gli Archivi per la Ricerca Anagrafica / Ancestors Archives for Genealogical Research The Portale Antenati (Ancestors Portal), promoted and sponsored by the Italian National Archives, provides free access to millions of historical images of Italian civil registration records. Italian government website hosting images of some provinces' vital records.

The registers are divided into separate volumes for each year. Italian researchers can access records at Ancestry.com where they can find many records of Italy.

Others Records. FamilySearch.org and the Italian government have gone to great lengths to digitize, preserve, and make accessible millions of Italian birth, marriage, and death records. This page is a partial listing of free online resources for finding birth and baptism records for Italy. Using an ancestor’s name and place of origin to search these collections can help you find much more information about your Italian ancestors. Italian Civil Records. They are certainly more detailed than the ones that are used today in Italy. Birth, marriage, and death records are the most important civil registration records for Italian research. Italian census records available online Italian Cadastres with information about landowners available online Historical database of Friulian families Births from 1815 to 1923 in Trentino Military records available on line and in LDS microfilm Italian Virtual Cemeteries. Birth records are one of the first items researchers generally seek. Marriage records are similar in form but more detailed. ... Napoli Province - Family Search had browsable birth records for 1809 to 1936 (in Italian).