Italy, La Spezia, Civil Registration, State Archive - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Italia, La Spezia, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1780-1865

Record Description
This collection includes a civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths within the custody of the State Archive of La Spezia (Archivio di Stato di La Spezia) for the years 1780 to 1865. Availability of records is largely dependent on time period and locality.

The registration of birth, marriage, and death were kept on separate registers. Supplemental files include a title page followed by several documents such as:
 * Notes from hospitals regarding births or deaths
 * Notes from other towns or foreign countries (if a birth or death did not occur in the regular place of residence)
 * Marriage files
 * Marriage banns
 * Declarations of intention to marry
 * Other certificates

Often there is an alphabetic index (list of names included in the record) at the end of a record type. Most of the records in this collection follow a generally accepted format. In early years they were handwritten in narrative style and in later years were hand-filled printed forms. Some of the original records were damaged due to natural elements at the time of filming; therefore, some information may have been lost or hard to read, are for the most part readable. Text of the records is in Italian with some Latin included.

Record History, Content and Use
For additional 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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Related Wiki Articles
Italy, La Spezia, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records) Italy, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records) Italy Civil Registration- Vital Records

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