Looking for Chieti birth records

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afarina
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Looking for Chieti birth records

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Hello, everyone!

I am looking to find and obtain birth certificates for my great-grandparents, but I sadly do not speak Italian. (yet!)

My great-grandfather was Silvio Farina, born February 26, 1888 in Miglianico. His parents were Vincenzo Farina and Amelia Marchegiani.

My great-grandmother, I cannot find a birth date for her! Her name was Maria Porta. She was born in Ripa Teatina, most likely in 1893, but possibly in 1892. Her parents were Joseph (this has most likely been anglicized and his name was probably Giuseppe) Porta and Irene or Irena DiVirgilio.

If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would be grateful.

Thank you!!
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Re: Looking for Chieti birth records

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If you think she was born in Ripa Teatina so the records are held in the town of Ripa Teatina
The are no records of Ripa Teatina that are not online at the present time so I would rent the Family History Library microfilms of Ripa Teatina that can be viewed and copied at a Family History Library center near you
Registri dello stato civile di Ripa Teatina 1809-1900 Births, marriages, banns, marriage documents, deaths including indexes I would start with renting the birth film Nati, matrimoni, morti, pubblicazioni, cittadinanze 1888-1897 film #1424075 to find her birth record

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In searching Italian civil records you have birth(nati) death(morte) marriage (matrimoni) by year most go from 1866-1910 some towns have other years. Indexes are found at the beginning or end of the year you are searching by index number and surname.There are also multi year indexes which combine 5 or 10 years of indexes
Babies are born then presented to the civil official of the town usually within a few days of birth for entry in the birth registry. If there is a problem and they cant register the birth act until much later they are entered in the Parte 2 for that year usually in the rear of the records and that record is usually handwritten. Sometimes there are sidenotes with marriage or death information or if the act has a mistake in it a correction to those mistakes
Marriage records include birth town, ages, occupations, parents names, if they are deceased
Death records have age parents if they were married and to whom and usually town of birth
Civil records are signed by the civil official and 2 witnesses not usually family members
The indexes for the churches in Italy of baptism and marriage and death are arranged by first name first (later years last name first) by year and date of the act and page and record number. Just find your person in the index and go back to the records to find the act you


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