Italy, Pola and Trieste, Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Record
Italia, Pola e Trieste, Registri Parrocchiali

Record Description
The collection consists of parish registers of baptisms, marriages and deaths for selected parishes from the Provinces of Pola and Trieste, Italy. The Province of Pola was an Italian province between the years of 1923 through 1945. Localities from the Province of Pola are in the modern-day countries of Slovenia and Croatia. The collection contains records from the following localities from the Province of Pola: Buie (Buje, Croatia); Cittanova d'Istria (Novigrad, Croatia); Isola d'Istria (Izola, Slovenia); Materada (Materada, Croatia); Pirano (Piran, Slovenia); Portole (Oprtalj, Croatia); and Verteneglio (Brtonigla, Croatia). The collection also contains records from the following localities from the Province of Trieste: Guardiella, Muggia, Prosecco and Trieste. Images may be out of cronological order. Availability of records is largely dependent on time period and locality.

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)

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To search by image: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page ⇒Select the "Province" category ⇒Select the "Comune or Frazione" category ⇒Select the "Parish" category ⇒Select the "Event Type and Year" which takes you to the images.

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For Help Reading These Records
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 * Italy Language and Languages
 * Italian Genealogical Word List

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 * Italian Genealogy
 * Italian Genealogy

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