Italy, Palermo, Termini Imerese, Civil Registration, Tribunale - FamilySearch Historical Records - Cefalù Road Map

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Italy, Palermo, Termini Imerese, Civil Registration, Tribunale (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Overview
The general purpose of a road map through Italian Civil Registration records is to provide a guide through the multi-year collections. Tables below list the starting image and ending image for each year's entries, along with the image number associated with the index for that year. Color changes within each table highlight a transition from one image collection to another. By general convention greens are used for births (Nati), yellows for marriages (Matrimoni), and reds for deaths (Morti). Light blue is reserved to indicate a repository containing records of multiple types; for example, a future expansion to include marriage record attachments (Allegati) would be expected to follow the model set for Termini Imerese.

This particular road map is intended to provide a guide through the multi-year records files for Cefalù.

Index Order
Index pages for Cefalù's vital records are always given in order by the first letter of the surname; however, sorting of prefixes such as "Di" and "D'" varies. For records from 1820-1876, the prefix is ignored; e.g., the surname "D'Angelo" is treated as "Angelo". For records from 1877 onward, the prefix is considered part of the surname.

Marriage records are placed in order by the groom's name.

Split Indicies Within a Given Year
In several cases, records of a given type are split into multiple sections for a single year.; e.g. the birth records for 1864 in Nati 1864-1878. Each section for a given year's record set contains its own index.

External Records for Castelbuono
A subset of the 1869 marriage entries for Castelbuono, along with the matching index, have been found in the records for Cefalù. These images are noted on the tables below.

Incomplete Records
Over the course of time, pages have evidently become detached within the various record books. At the time of this writing, several of these have not been located. While some of these records missing have been identified, researchers are cautioned that there may be other missing pages not yet noted on this road map.

There are several large sections of missing records, some of which extend to at least a full year. The most notable may be the set of birth records starting at the end of 1878 and continuing through all of 1879. It is possible that these records have been filed in one of the other record sets for the Province of Palermo, in a manner similar to that of the 1869 marriage entries for Castelbuono finding their way into Cefalù's records. However, as of this writing a search of those records has not been conducted.

Decennial Indicies
Several decennial indicies, Indici decennali (...) 1886-1895, are provided for the years 1886-1895. Each index references births (nati), deaths (morti), marriages (matrimoni), and citizenship records (cittadinanze). Index entries are given in chronological order by year, then chronological order within the first letter of each surname.