LDS Films for the Santo Stefano Quisquina 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.
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:

Atti diversi - miscellanous records
Nati - Birth
Pubblicazione - Marriage banns
Matrimoni - Marriage
Morti - Deaths

Description	Film/Placement
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1821-1826	1568899 Items 3-8
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1826-1832	1568900
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1833-1834, 1843-1842, 1835-1838	1568901
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1838-1841, 1844-1847	1568902
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1847-1853	1568952
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1853-1859	1568953
Nati, notificazioni, matrimoni, morti 1859	1568954 Item 1
Nati 1862-1888	2016233
Nati 1889-1910 -- Pubblicazioni 1866-1886	2016234
Pubblicazioni 1887-1907, 1938 -- Matrimoni 1862-1910 -- Atti diversi 1862-1865 -- Memorandum 1862-1865 -- Cittadinanze 1867-1910 -- Morti 1862-1865	2016235
Morti 1866-1910	2016338
Allegati (matrimoni) 1903-1904 -- Allegati (morti) 1904	2016736 Items 3 - 4
Nati 1911-1919	2280354 Item 6
Nati 1920-1929 -- Pubblicazioni 1912-1929 -- Matrimoni 1911-1929 -- Morti 1911	2280355
Morti 1912-1929 -- Cittadinanze 1914-1929 -- Indici decennali (nati, matrimoni, morti) 1906-1915	2280339 Items 1 - 4

LDS Films for Santo Stefano Quisquina

The term riveli means to reveal, which is exactly what these records were intended to do. The records list the towns population along with the possessions of each family. The records were used to determine the number of males that were available to serve in the military or other projects and how many animals, land and structures were taxable.
The records generally include an index. The index includes Head of Household and a reference number to the actual records. The typical Riveli record will list the members of the family along with the ages of each male. After the family will be a list of taxable possessions. Animals were taxed on 10% of their value and included goats, mares, horses, cattle, cows, sheep, donkeys and mules. Land was taxed based upon its use and houses were taxed by the amount of rooms.

Description	Film/Placement
Riveli 1652	2289005 Item 2
Riveli 1652	1959372 Item 2
Riveli 1748	2100994 Item 2
Riveli 1748	2100995 Items 1 - 3
Riveli 1811	2121501
Riveli 1811	2121502 Items 1 - 2
Riveli 1811	2149981 Item 3
Riveli 1811	2149982 Item 1
Riveli 1811	2161523 Item 1
Riveli 1811 (index)	2151311 Item 8