A sample birth record from Italy. This is a sample birth record issued in Italy during last decades of 1800. Going back in time the shape was different even if the info available was almost the same. In the first years of 1800 it was just hand written.
how to search Birth, Marriage and Death Italian Records. In Italy civil records started in 1809 before that date it's possible to search religious archives
This database collects the old names of the Italian towns changed during the past 150 years. From the Italian Unification (1861) around 5000 villages changed their names, were abandoned or were connected to other nearby towns.