Course Enrollment: IT-201 Italian: Catholic Church Records-Part 1

Optional Print Course Material: Italian: Catholic Church Records - Part 1

*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.

Church or ecclesiastical records is one of the largest and most important record sets in Italian genealogical research. These records are becoming more available outside of Italy, due to the efforts of FamilySearch to microfilm and digitize these records, as well as a few other smaller projects. Yet, the majority of these records remain in the archives of Italy.

In this course we’ll look at how and why these records were created, what types of records can be found, and what genealogical information you may find. We’ll discuss what archives these records are conserved in and how to access the records.

Course Length: 7 weeks