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





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

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Record Description
Civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths within the custody of the State Archive of Napoli (Archivio di Stato di Napoli) for the years 1809 to 1865.

It also includes:
 * Marriage banns (pubblicazioni; notificazioni)
 * Baptismal records
 * Ecclesiastical returns of marriages
 * Marriage memorandums (atti di memorandum)
 * Diverse records (atti diversi)
 * Marriages and deaths outside of the place of usual residence (matrimoni e morti fuori domicilio)
 * Marriage supplemental documents (processetti)

At the present time, this collection contains records for only certain sections (quartieri) of the city of Napoli. The quartieri of Napoli represented in the current collection include the following:
 * Arenella
 * Avvocata
 * Chiaia
 * Fuorigrotta
 * Miano e Marianella
 * Montecalvario
 * Pendino
 * Posillipo
 * San Carlo all'Arena
 * San Giuseppe
 * San Ferdinando
 * San Lorenzo
 * Stabilimento dell'Allunziata
 * Stella
 * Vicaria
 * Porto
 * Mercato
 * Vomero

Additional records for the city of Napoli and for surrounding towns (comuni) will be added as they become available. 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 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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Known Issues with This Collection
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Related Websites

 * Napoli State Archives
 * ItalianGenealogy.com
 * Genealogy.About.com - Helpful Articles
 * Daddezio.com - helpful links

To locate cultural or historical information about a specific locality, or to determine in which municipality a hamlet (frazione) is located, use either of the following websites:


 * Non Solo Cap
 * Tuttitalia

Related Wiki Articles

 * Italy, Napoli Historical Records Collections
 * Italy, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Italy Genealogy
 * Italy Civil Registration- Vital Records
 * Italy - Birth - 1809-1865
 * Italy - Marriage - 1866-Present
 * Italy - Marriage - 1520-1808
 * Italian Marriage Records More Than You Think

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