Italy, Messina, Messina, Civil Registration (Comune), 1866-1910
Civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths within the custody of the town of Messina (Comune di Messina). Includes records from the town of Nizza di Sicilia (Comune di Nizza di Sicilia) and from the Messina Villages (Villaggi di Messina). This collection is being published as images become available.
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Italy, Messina, Messina, Civil Registration (Comune)
What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of records of the civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths held by the community of Messina (Comune di Messina). This collection includes records from the town of Nizza di Sicilia (Comune di Nizza di Sicilia) and from the so-called Messina Villages (Villaggi 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).
For more information specific to this collection of civil registration records of Messina, see Chronological Finding Aids for the Civil Registration of Messina, Italy
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Computer Aided Indexing (CAI)
Some or all of the indexed records for this collection were created using Computer Aided Indexing (CAI) from records digitized by FamilySearch or its partners. For more information on CAI see FamilySearch Computer Aided Indexing.
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
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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, Messina, Stato Civile (Comune), 1866-1910." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 24 January 2026. Archivio di Stato di Messina (Messina State Archives, Messina).
