Italian Civil Records Awaiting Volunteers

16 July 2012

Italian Civil Records Awaiting Volunteers

FamilySearch launched a historic partnership with the National Archives of Italy in December 2011 to digitally preserve and index its civil registration records (birth, marriage, and death) for all states from 1802 to 1940. Since the project launch more than 24 million images have been published, and 4 million names have been made searchable on FamilySearch.org.

But there are 115 million historic Italian documents with over 500 million names remaining to index and publish. Tens of thousands of volunteers are needed. To meet this opportunity, FamilySearch is requesting help from indexers and arbitrators who speak or read Italian or a closely related language, such as Spanish, or who are willing to learn a handful of simple Italian words and phrases to help facilitate the initiative.

Descendants of Italians and Italy historic and genealogy societies are especially invited to participate to help accelerate the publication of this valuable record set. Interested individuals, societies, or groups should visit http://www.familysearch.org/italian-ancestorsto learn more. To search the completed Italian records online and to learn more about reading Italian records, visit http://familysearch.org/italy.

Current and Completed Projects

To view a list of currently available indexing projects, along with their record language and completion percentage, visit the FamilySearch indexing updates page. To learn more about individual projects, view the FamilySearch projects page.

New Projects Added

Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Cartões de Imigração, 1900–1965 [Parte 3E]
Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Cartões de Imigração, 1900–1965 [Parte 3G]
Danmark—Borgerlige Ægteskabsbøger, 1923–1961
Ecuador, Cuenca—Registros Parroquiales, 1786–1954
España, Ávila, Arevalo—Registros Parroquiales, 1550–1930 [Parte 2]
Ghana—Census, 1982–1984 [Part 5]
Guatemala—Nacimientos Civiles, 1800–1900 [Parte C]
Italia, L'Aquila e Rieti—Stato Civile, 1809–1828 [Parte 1]
Nicaragua, Chontales—Registros Civiles, 1879–1984 [Parte B]
Philippines, Pangasinan—Civil Registration, 1946–1965
Sverige, Gävleborg—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
Sverige, Västmanland—Kyrkoböcker, till 1860 [Del 1]
US, California, San Francisco—Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemies, 1918
US, Colorado WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917–1918 [Part 4]
US, Colorado WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917–1918 [Part 4]
US (Community Project), California, Northern—Naturalization Index, 1860–1989
US (Community Project)—Index to Passenger Lists at Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, 1820–1874
US (Community Project), Louisiana, New Orleans—Passenger Lists, 1903–1945
US (Community Project), Massachusetts, Boston—Passenger Lists, 1820–1891 [Part A]
US (Community Project), New York—Passenger Lists, 1875–1891
US, Guam—1940 Federal Census
US, New Jersey—1940 Federal Census [Part A]
US, Panama Canal Zone—1940 Federal Census
US, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia—Passenger Lists, 1800–1882 [Part A]
US, Virgin Islands—1940 Federal Census

View the FamilySearch projects page to see the full list of available projects and to learn more about how to participate in various projects.

Recently Completed Projects

Note: Recently completed projects have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process. They will be published at familysearch.org in the near future.

Brasil, Rio de Janeiro—Cartões de Imigração, 1900–1965 [Parte 3A]
Ireland—Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858–1920
Italia, Provincia di Vicenza—Registri Parrocchiali 1597–1937
Norway—1875 Federal Census [Part E]
Philippines, Lingayen-Dagupanâ—Registros Parroquiales 1615–1982 [Part 2]
U.S., Arkansas—1940 Federal Census
U.S., District of Columbia—1940 Federal Census
U.S., Minnesota—1940 Federal Census
U.S., Missouri—1940 Federal Census
U.S., Missouri—1940 Federal Census [Part A]
U.S., Nebraska—1940 Federal Census
U.S., New Mexico—1940 Federal Census
U.S., New York—1940 Federal Census
U.S., Ohio—Tax Records, 1800–1850 [Part 6]
U.S., Rhode Island—1940 Federal Census
Украина, Киев—Метрические книги русской православной церкви, 1846–1848 [Часть Б]

About FamilySearch

FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.