These sample Italian Genealogy Form Letters will help you send requests to Italy to obtain Vital Records and Parish Records for your genealogical research.  There are also a few standard letters if you want to write to potential Italian relatives.  All these letters to Italy include English Translations so you know what you are asking for and to help you clearly see where you to can make changes to fit your personal family history requests.

The Research Paper entitled "Major Genealogical Record Sources for Italy" (Series G. no 2), published by the Latter-Day Saints Genealogical Department and available on microfiche at any Mormon Family History Center, names several important Italian genealogy records and shows where in Italy they may be found. Of special help is the part showing the years when civil registration records began in various Italian regions.

If one's ancestors left Italy after about 1880, and their last place of residence is known, it is recommended that one write to the Ufficio Anagrafe (Registry Office) there and request a certificato di stato di famiglia (family certificate showing the date and place of birth of each family member).

The next step is to write to the Ufficio di Stato Civile (Civil Registration Office) in all the towns where members of your ancestral families lived and to request extracts of their birth, marriage and death records.

When the above mentioned records are not available, one writes to the priest of the parish where one's ancestors lived to request extracts of their baptism, marriage and burial records.

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