Italy, Toscana, Civil Registration (State Archive) - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Stato Civile di Toscana, Italia

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Record Description
Civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths within the custody of the State Archive of Firenze (Archivio di Stato di Firenze).

It includes:
 * Supplemental documents (allegati)
 * Annotations (annotazioni)
 * Baptismal records (battesimi)
 * Residency records (cittadinanze)
 * Declarations of death (dichiarazioni di morte)
 * Ten-year indexes (indici decennali)
 * Inventories (inventari)
 * Births and deaths of non-Tuscans (nati e morti di non Toscani)
 * Foreign births and deaths (nati e morti all’estero)
 * Marriage banns (pubblicazioni)

For the most part, this collection contains records for the modern region of Tuscany (Toscana). Additional smaller portions of the collection are for the modern regions of Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, and Umbria. The provinces represented in the collection include the following:


 * Arezzo
 * Firenze
 * Forlì-Cesena
 * Grosseto
 * La Spezia
 * Livorno
 * Lucca
 * Massa e Carrara
 * Perugia
 * Pisa
 * Pistoia
 * Prato
 * Siena

The availability of records depends on time period and locality but generally covers the years 1804 - 1874.

Record History, Content and Use
For 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

Search the Collection
⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒ Select the appropriate “Province” ⇒ Select the appropriate “Comune o frazione” ⇒ Select the appropriate “Record Type and Year” which takes you to the images.

Known Issues with This Collection
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Related Websites

 * Italian Genealogy
 * http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modifiche_territoriali_e_amministrative_dei_comuni_della_Toscana Wikipedia (This site is in Italian. It lists community details within Toscana.)

Related Wiki Articles
Italy, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records) Italy Civil Registration- Vital Records

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