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An atto di nascita is an Italian birth certificate, retrieved from the anagrafe (civil registry) of the commune where the person was born. It is the foundational document in any Italian jure sanguinis case.
The atto di nascita includes the person's name, date and place of birth, parents' names, and sometimes additional annotations (marriage, death, citizenship status). A 'certified copy' (copia integrale) includes all annotations; an 'extract' (estratto) includes only basic information.
For Italian CBD cases, the atto di nascita of the anchor ancestor (the Italian-born emigrant) is required. If the ancestor was born before civil registration (which began in 1808 in some areas, 1866 nationwide), a parish baptismal record may substitute.
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.
A comune is an Italian municipality — the basic unit of local government. There are 7,900+ comuni in Italy, each with its own anagrafe (civil registry).
Jure sanguinis (Italian for 'right of blood') is the Italian citizenship-by-descent regime, which has no generational limit and is the most accessible CBD regime in Europe.
A 1948 case is a judicial petition for Italian citizenship filed in the civil court of Rome, available to descendants of Italian women who gave birth before January 1, 1948.
AIRE (Anagrafe degli Italiani Residenti all'Estero) is the registry of Italian citizens living abroad, maintained by each Italian consulate.