Italy, Messina, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1865
Civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths within the custody of the State Archive of Messina (Archivio di Stato di Messina). 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); and marriage supplemental documents (processetti). Availability of records is largely dependent on time period and locality. Images for this collection were mistakenly made available to the general public who registered on this site. Because of the agreement signed 30 June 2011, the publication rights of images belongs to the Italian National Archives (DGA) who publishes them freely to all on their Portale degli antenati: http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/.
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Italy, Messina, Civil Registration (State Archive)
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains index & images of civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths held by the State Archive of Messina (Archivio di Stato di Messina). It may also include supplement documents (allegati), supplemental marriage documents (processetti), marriage banns (pubblicazioni), indexes (indici), ten-year indexes (indici decennali), residency records (cittadinanze), and diverse records (atti diversi).
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are written in Italian. For help reading them see:- Italy Languages
- Italian Genealogical Word List
- Italy Handwriting
- Brigham Young University: Italian Script Tutorial
- FamilySearch Learning Center: Reading Italian Handwritten Records
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Italy, Messina, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1865. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Birth
- Child's name
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Gender
- Parent's names
- Parent's occupations
- Parent's residence
- Baptismal date
- Baptismal place
- Names of godparents
Marriage
- Names of bride and groom
- Their ages or birthdates
- Their birthplaces
- Their residences
- Their occupations
- Their marital status
- Parent's or father's names
- Names of witnesses
Death
- Deceased's name
- Date of death
- Age or birthdate
- Residence
- Occupation
- Cause of death
- Spouse or father's name
- Burial place
- Burial date
Collection Content
See Italy, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records for details about the contents of these records, their history, and help using them.
Collection Details
Language
Italian
Location of Original Records
Messina State Archives, Messina, Italy
"Italia, Messina, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1820-1865." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 30 April 2026. Archivio di Stato di Messina (Messina State Archives), Italy.
