LDS Films for the Alessandria della Rocca Civil Records

Civil registraton began in Italy with the invasion of Napoleon in 1809. Referred to as the Napoleonic Records this system of record keeping was enforced as he gained control of the region. Even after his defeat in 1815 many areas continued civil registration. It wasn't until 1820 that Sicily adopted the process.
What you will find in the Civil Records are births, marriages and deaths. The records were generally kept in separate volumes by event and by year. In most cases there is an index appearing after the records. All the records are written in Italian. In most cases the records are pre-printed documents with the vital information hand-written; however that is not always the case. Some records are entirely hand-written and are difficult to read.

Birth records will include the child's name, sex and parents. The mother will almost always be listed by her maiden name. In some cases the grandparents will also be listed. The date the birth was reported will generally be at the top of the form and the actual birth date will generally appear in the body of the form and may appear as a reference to the day reported, for example "oggi" meaning today. In most cases the child's baptism will also be recorded. The person reporting the birth will also be included; this will almost always be the father but in some cases the mid-wife will report the birth.

Marriage records are a gold mine of facts and there is no exception in Alessandria della Rocca where you will find so much more! The processetti were documents required by the civil authority for marriage. They include the birth records of the couple to be married, proof of baptism, death records of deceased parents, death records of the father's father, and the marriage banns. The processetti records are not normally indexed however are worth reviewing as they might provide incite to ancestors predating the 1820's. The marriage record on their own will include the names of both the bride and groom, their ages, where they were born, occupation and their parents. As with all these registration the first date will be the date reported. The actual date of the marriage will normally appear in the right margin. Unlike the processetti records the marriage records will normally include an index that will typically appears at the end of a volume.

Death records will include the name of the deceased, age (almost always incorrect), occupation, in most cases the parents and in some cases the spouse.

Here are some translations for the descriptions below:
Nati - Birth
Processetti - Documents required for marriage
Morti - Deaths

Description	Film/Placement
Nati, processetti, morti 1820 -- Nati, matrimoni, processetti, morti 1821 -- Nati, processetti, matrimoni 1822	1438653 Items 4 - 6
Morti 1822 -- Nati, processetti, morti 1823 -- Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, processetti, morti 1824 -- Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, processetti, diversi, morti 1825 -- Nati 1826	1438654
Nati, diversi, morti, notificazioni, matrimoni, processetti 1826 -- Nati, processetti, morti, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni 1827 -- Nati, morti, diversi, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni 1828 -- Nati, morti, diversi, processetti 1829	1438655
Processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1829 -- Nati, diversi, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni, morti 1830 -- Nati, diversi, morti, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni 1831 -- Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti, diversi 1832 -- Nati 1833	1438656
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, diversi, morti 1833 -- Nati, diversi, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1834 -- Nati, morti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1835 -- Nati, diversi, morti, matrimoni, processetti 1836	1438657
Processetti, notificazioni 1836 -- Nati, matrimoni, notificazioni, morti, diversi 1837 -- Nati, diversi, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1838 -- Nati, diversi, morti, matrimoni, processetti 1839	1438707
Notificazioni 1839 -- Nati, morti, diversi, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni 1840 -- Nati, diversi, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1841 -- Nati, diversi, morti, matrimoni, notificazioni, processetti 1842	1438708
Processetti 1842 -- Nati, diversi, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1843 -- Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, processetti, morti, diversi 1844 -- Nati, notificazioni, processetti, matrimoni 1845	1438709
Matrimoni, diversi, morti 1845 -- Nati, morti, diversi, notificazioni, matrimoni, processetti 1846 -- Nati, morti, diversi, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1847 -- Nati, diversi, matrimoni, notificazioni, morti 1848 -- Nati 1849	1438710
Matrimoni, notificazioni, processetti 1849 -- Nati, diversi, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1850 -- Nati, diversi, morti, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni 1851 -- Nati 1852	1438711
Nati, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1852 -- Nati, diversi, matrimoni, notificazioni, morti 1853 -- Nati, diversi, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1854 -- Nati 1855	1438712
Nati, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1855 -- Nati, morti, diversi, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni 1856	1438713
Nati, diversi, morti, processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1857 -- Nati, morti, diversi, matrimoni, processetti, notificazioni 1858 -- Nati 1859	1438714
Nati, processetti, diversi, matrimoni, notificazioni, morti 1859 -- Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, processetti, morti 1860 -- Nati, morti, diversi, processetti 1861	1438715
Processetti, matrimoni, notificazioni 1861	1438716 Item 1
Nati 1867-1893	2014410
Nati 1894-1910, 1862-1865 -- Pubblicazioni 1894-1898	2014485
Pubblicazioni 1899-1910 -- Matrimoni 1862-1909 -- Atti diversi 1862-1865 -- Memorandum 1862-1865 -- Cittadinanze 1866-1905 -- Morti 1862-1899	2014486
Nati 1866 -- Matrimoni 1897 -- Morti 1869-1879	2016679 Items 1 - 3
Allegati dei nati, matrimoni, morti 1907-1908	2016681 Items 1-3
Allegati dei nati, matrimoni, morti 1890-1904	2016737 Items 1-3
Nati 1911-1929 -- Pubblicazioni 1911-1921	2279068
Pubblicazioni 1922-1928 -- Matrimoni 1913-1914, 1923 -- Morti 1913-1929	2279539 Items 1 - 3