FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Waypointing/Italy, Ravenna, Tribunale di Ravenna, Civil Registration, 1866-1929

= Information =

Project Name: Italy, Ravenna, Tribunale di Ravenna, Civil Registration, 1866-1929 - DB [1] Project Owner: Travis Mecham, [mailto:tqmecham@familysearch.org tqmecham@familysearch.org], 801-240-5017 Alternative Contacts: Caleb Pusey, [mailto:caleb.pusey@ldschurch.org caleb.pusey@ldschurch.org], 801-240-2592 Project Completion Deadline: December 16, 2011

= Instructions =

Go to “File,” “Open Project,” and select “Italy, Ravenna, Tribunale di Ravenna, Civil Registration, 1866-1929 – DB [1]” from the drop-down menu, then click “OK.”

1. Waypoint all Administrative images. Only Title Boards, Focus Images, and other non-original images should be marked as Administrative. Please do not mark book covers or other parts of the original documents as Administrative.

2. The Consolidated Form for this project has the following fields:

a. Provincia [Province] b. Comune o frazione [City or Town] c. Registro / Serie [Record Type / Series] d. Anno - Principio [Beginning Year] e. Anno - Fine [Ending Year] f. Numero dell’unita’ archivistica (busta o registro) [Number of Archival Unit (envelope or register)]

The Provincia field will always be filled automatically. If you find a folder from a province other than Ravenna, please call the Project Owner. You can get the “Comune o frazione” and “Registro / Serie” fields from one of two locations. First, the Notes window will contain the Comune or Frazione field in the “Authors” or “Subjects” line and the Registro / Serie is in the “Film Notes” line. Second, most books will list the city and record type on their cover or title page.

The Anno fields are for the year range of the waypoint. The earliest year in an image range goes in the "Anno - Principio" field, and the latest year in the range goes in the "Anno - Fine" field. If there is only one year in the range, only fill out the beginning year field. Do not put the same year twice, in the beginning year and ending year fields.

The “Numero dell’unita’ archivistica (busta o registro)” field should be left blank for this project.

3. Once the consolidated form is complete, highlight the range it applies to and click “New.”

4. Repeat this process until all images have been Waypointed.

5. When you are confident that all waypoints are correct, click “Finish.” A new folder should load, or you can start with step 1 of these instructions to open a new folder.

6. When you have finished your first folder, please send an email to Travis or Caleb, so they can audit your work and give feedback on any issues they find.

= Helpful Tips =

1. Allegati records are not organized in books, but are loose records, usually with a title page for each individual group of records. Please specify, whenever possible, the type of Allegati, for example: Nati, allegati. If you are unable to find the correct type please put Allegati vari.

2. “Indici decennali” are ten year indexes, and should cover ten years (1896-1905). There can be ten-year indexes for Nati, Matrimoni, or Morti. Usually, Indici decennali are included in one of the regular record books. If that is the case, they do not need to be waypointed sperately. Only waypoint indici decennali individually when an entire item is exclusively ten-year indexes.

3. If the book cover says “Nascita” or “Nascite” put Nati as the record type.

4. Some title pages will not have a year written on them, and you will have to look for it in the actual record. Most records will have the year written out, rather than in number form. Use the following guide when translating Italian numbers:

Guide to Italian Numbers:
1 - uno 2 - due 3 - tre 4 - quattro 5 - cinque 6 - sei 7 - sette 8 - otto 9 - nove 10 - dieci 11 - undici 12 - dodici 13 - tredici 14 - quatordici 15 - quindici 16 - sedici 17 - diciassette 18 - diciotto 19 - diciannove 20 - venti 21 - ventuno 22 - ventidue 23 - ventitré 30 - trenta 31 - trentuno 32 - trentadue 40 - quaranta 50 - cinquanta 60 - sessanta 70 - settanta 80 - ottanta 90 - novanta 100 - cento 200 - duecento 300 - trecento 400 - quattrocento 500 - cinquecento 600 - seicento 700 - settecento 800 - ottocento 900 - novecento 1000 - mille

Example: milleottocento otto

The example above would be translated “one thousand eight hundred eight” or 1808. After practicing a few folders, this translation process will become easier and faster. If you have problems locating the year, or translating it, please call the Project Owner.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Italy, Ravenna, Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)