Divided into Births, Marriages and Deaths, these registers were created for the non-catholic populace of Livorno (Jews, Protestants, Anglicans, Huguenots, Waldensians, Muslims, Orthodox Greeks, etc.) beginning in 1818 and ending with the creation of the municipal “Anagrafe” (Civil Registrar Office) in 1865, after the unification of Italy (1861). I spent several days digitizing the three-volume indexes (called “Repertori”) and several weeks taking pictures of hundreds of the original acts. I have transcribed the totality of the indexes to allow people to search for families and individuals. The three indexes are composed of 15898 single entries, representing a total of 3628 surnames (1013 surnames for both births’ and marriages’ indexes and 1602 for the deaths’ index).
The original registers and indexes are kept in the Historical Archive of the Municipality of Livorno (Archivio Storico del Comune di Livorno) and are available for consultation on appointment only.
Each entry of the indexes is composed of 6 columns indicating the surname and name of the individual, the name of the father, the year of the act and, finally, the act and volume number. My transcription will include the full name, the name of the father and the year. Through this index you will then be able to find the act(s) of your interest which include much more information about the person (see below for an actual example).
NOTE: If you are researching, for example, the DE CASTRO family, you will find several entries of interest: CASTRO / CASTRO (DE) / CASTRO (DI). All particles (like DE or DI, DELLA, etc.) have been put after the surname inside parentheses, as in the original register. Several surnames were originally transcribed in many different variants, i.e.: ABULAFIA, ABBULAFFIA, ABOLAFFIA, ABULAFFIA. Another example is the confusion between the letters H-K, as in HABIB-KABIB, HAEMMERER-KAEMMERER, etc., so it’s advised to search thoroughly through the register to find all the related entries.
IMPORTANT: If you are interested in one or more entries, I can digitize them for you and transcribe/translate them into English or French. I also build genealogical data into trees and I am able to provide hosting for your Livorno genealogies. Please refer to my LivornoGen website for any requests you may have. You can always as well decide to donate towards the maintenance of this page. Thank you.
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THE LIVORNO NON-CATHOLIC REGISTERS’ INDEXES
Please click on the following links to access the transcriptions of the indexes:
Non-catholic civil registers of BIRTHS (1818-1865)
Non-catholic civil registers of MARRIAGES (1818-1865)
Non-catholic civil registers of DEATHS (1818-1865)
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An example of a full death certificate from the non-catholic civil registers (click to enlarge)
This was so useful and it uncovered 4 more generations of my family tree but do you have anything from before 1818?
Writing you on email.
Hi Matteo,
A great resource. I have unsuccessfully been tracing a THOMAS/TOMMASO HUMBER born of the same named father in 1849 in Livorno. I have checked your records and those of the Catholic birth records for the Livorno region online, and have reached a point where I would be very grateful for any further suggestions for my research. I’m running out of places to look!
Were the non-catholic records collated from those births that were registered in churches such as Saint George/Giorgio in Livorno?
Thank you
Claire
Hi Claire, I do research as a job, please contact me on giunti.matteo@gmail.com. I have the most extensive collection of data about Livorno of anybody else, as I have been doing this for the past 20 years. If your man was born in Livorno I can find him. 🙂
Matteo
What a fantastic resource! I have Cesana, Adda and Tilche ancestors in Egypt, although I am based in England, and this may prove to be a valuable link.
Congratulations Matteo, it’s a wonderful achievement, and without a doubt a great source of information to many around the world. Bravo!
Thank you Lex! Much appreciated.
I live in Rio, Brazil, and want to know the burial of my grand-grandfather Giasone Rebuá, an italian born in Elba Island.
Thank you very much,
Beatriz
Dear Beatriz,
I have found your great grandfather death certificate, I wrote you an email, please answer to that message.
I am researching Jews from Elba. Who is Giasone Rebuà and where and when was he born ? I don’t see him in the index.
From google it seems he was born in Porto Azzurro but lived in Miranda, Brazil.
Michele Sacerdoti
che bella idea! Fascinating but under-utilized sources.