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An Archivio di Stato (State Archive) is an Italian provincial archive, located in each of Italy's 107 provincial capitals. It holds historical civil registry records (atti di stato civile) from 1808-1866 (depending on region) to 1945, after which records are held by the local USC-equivalent (anagrafe).
For Italian CBD cases, the Archivio di Stato is the primary source of: (1) pre-1945 civil registry records (birth, marriage, death), (2) notarial records (which can establish property ownership and family relationships), (3) military records (which can establish citizenship), and (4) census records (anagrafi storiche).
Each Archivio di Stato has its own catalog and access policies. Many have digitized their records and made them available online through the Antenati (Ancestors) portal maintained by the Italian government.
Related terms
The anagrafe is the Italian civil registry office that maintains records of residents, births, marriages, and deaths in each Italian commune (municipality).
Stato civile (civil status) refers to the Italian system of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, maintained by the anagrafe in each commune.
Genealogy is the study of family history and descent, the foundational research discipline for CBD cases.
A family tree is a diagram showing family relationships across generations, the visual representation of the citizenship chain in CBD cases.
A pedigree is a documented line of descent, the formal genealogical record used to prove the citizenship chain in CBD cases.
An ahnentafel is a numbered list of ancestors in a pedigree, using a specific numbering system that allows compact representation of multi-generational lineages.