Antenati – Online Italian State Archives

By maritalia on Wed, 06/24/2020 - 08:29

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I'm attempting to cite a digital image of a birth act within a birth register found on Antenati, which is the online Italian State Archives. In EE 9.54 (p. 480-481 in Third Edition Revised), it shares the following example for citing Italian birth registers:

Gratteri, Palermo, Registro degli Atti di Nascita [Register of the Acts of Birth], 1882": entry 56, Sebastiano Sammarco; FHL microfilm 1,965,164, item 1.

Using that citation as a guide, I created the below citation for the image (linked above) on Antenati. I believe the pathways are essential on the website, and also included English translations since I can't assume people reading my citations will know Italian. I would appreciate any insight or edits! Thank you.

Sepino, Campobasso, “Registro degli Atti di Nascita [Register of the Acts of Birth], 1902”: entry 115, Francesco Sanzo; digital image, Antenati (http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it : accessed 23 June 2020), > Sfoglia i registri [Browse the registers] > Archivio di Stato di Campobasso [Campobasso State Archive] › Stato civile italiano [Italian civil state] › Sepino › Nati [Births] › 1902 › Immagine [Image] 49.

Submitted byEEon Wed, 06/24/2020 - 14:23

Maria, you've done well converting the microfilm example to an online example using a path and waypoints.

Submitted bymaritaliaon Sun, 07/12/2020 - 12:18

Hi EE. I've also found quite a few Italian birth records on FamilySearch. Using the format approved above for Antenati, I've created the following citation for this record on FamilySearch. I thought it was important to lead with the actual register still since that's where the record physically is and then include that it's within this database image collection. Let me know if I'm thinking about this right and I would appreciate your feedback. Thanks!

Vizzini, Catania, “Registro degli Atti di Nascita [Register of the Acts of Birth], 1912”: entry 528, Giovanni Caserta; imaged in “Italia, Catania, Vizzini. Stato civile : Tribunale, 1862-1945,” Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2387646 : accessed 12 July 2020) > Nati, v. 64-65, 1912-1913 > image 177 of 436; citing FHL DGS 4932115.

Submitted bymaritaliaon Mon, 09/23/2024 - 21:12

Hi EE! Since it's been 4 years since this post and I've been reading through EE 4th Edition, I made a few revisions to my citations given advancements. Most notably being the introduction of "ark" links which remove the need to include waypoints in citations since there are stable, archival URLs. I wanted to get your thoughts on my updates following EE 4th edition. Appreciate your insight!

Italian Birth Record on Antenati (link)

Sepino, Campobasso, “Registro degli Atti di Nascita [Register of the Acts of Birth], 1902”: entry 115, Francesco Sanzo; digital image, Antenati (https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12657/an_ua15960901/LPQJ6pd : accessed 22 September 2024); citing State Archive of Campobasso, Italy.

Italian Birth Record on FamilySearch (link)

Vizzini, Catania, “Registro degli Atti di Nascita [Register of the Acts of Birth], 1912”: entry 527, Carmela Pantorno; imaged in “Italia, Catania, Vizzini. Stato civile : Tribunale, 1862-1945,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRMX-QCCS?cat=2387646 : accessed 22 September 2024), image group #4932115, image 177 of 436; citing Caltagirone Courthouse, Italy.

maritalia, that works well, although EE would make a couple of tweaks:

Vizzini, Catania, “Registro degli Atti di Nascita [Register of the Acts of Birth], 1912,” entry 527, Carmela Pantorno; imaged in “Italia, Catania, Vizzini. Stato civile : Tribunale, 1862-1945,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRMX-QCCS?cat=2387646 : accessed 22 September 2024), image group number 4932115, image 177 of 436; citing Caltagirone Courthouse, Italy.

Explanations:

1. A colon is used between a book's ID and page number when the book's ID ends in a number (as in Deed Book 3:24). The colon separates the two numbers distinctively.  When we have a titled book, manuscript, article, etc., the long-existing standard is the comma because there is no risk of having a pair of adjacent numbers misunderstood.

2. Rather than "image group #4932115,"  FamilySearch uses the phrase "image group number" (or "Image Group Number"), together with the initialism IGN.  Thus we cite "image group number 4932115" or the short form "IGN 4932115" after our notes have first stated what IGN stands for.