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

Title in the Language of the Records
Stato Civile di Modena, 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 Modena (Archivio di Stato di Modena). Also includes marriage banns (notificazioni o pubblicazioni) and supplemental records (allegati). Availability of records is largely dependent on time period and locality. Records for this collection include the years 1806-1929.

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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)

For help reading the records see the following wiki articles:


 * Italy Language and Languages
 * Italian Genealogical Word List

Search the Collection
To search the collection image by image, ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒Select the “Province” ⇒Select the “ Comune or Frazione” ⇒Select the "Event Type and Year", which takes you to the images.

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Related Websites

 * Italian Civil Records
 * Italian Genealogy

Related Wiki Articles
Italy Civil Registration- Vital Records

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Citation for This Collection
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Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection
"Italy, Civil Registration, 1805-1940." index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 22 April 2011). entry for Pietro Antonio De Lutis, died 8 May 1933; citing Civil Registrations, digital folder 4,404,467 image 00,103; Tribunale di Rovigo, Italy. Registri dello stato civile di Rovigo.