Italy, Messina, Civil Registration, State Archive - FamilySearch Historical Records

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What is in the Collection?
This Collection will include records from 1820 to 1865.

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

It includes:
 * Supplemental records (allegati)
 * Residency records (cittadinanze)
 * Diverse records (atti diversi)
 * Inventories (inventari)
 * Cholera deaths (morti, colera)
 * Hospital deaths (morti, ospedali)
 * Burials (morti, sepolture)
 * Foundling births (nati, esposti)
 * Marriage banns (notificazioni)
 * Marriage memorandums (atti di memorandum)
 * Marriage supplemental documents (processetti)

Availability of records depends on time period and locality.

These records are written in Italian.

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 * Italy Language and Languages
 * Italian Genealogical Word List

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