If you search your ancestors in Ravenna, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia Romagna region, the documents about your Italian family are stored in the City Office archives and in the parishes in the town.This is where to start your family history research.
Civil Records in Ravenna
In towns and villages of Emilia Romagna and in Ravenna province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Ravenna town hall archives as of that date.
(If your goal is to get your Italian Citizenship and you need official certificates from Ravenna, please follow this link)
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So, if your ancestors lived in Ravenna during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Ravenna to know more: our local expert is ready to help you in your research!
Otherwise, if you think to contact the town hall by yourself, we suggest you to read our tips for your search. They are useful advices to search in Emilia Romagna and of course in Ravenna too!
Next picture shows the demographic trends in Ravenna from the Italian Unification (1861).
This is a necessary info to understand how many people lived in the town in the past.
To go on quickly in your research is important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Ravenna. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Ravenna archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that
Church Records in Ravenna
Church archives in Ravenna province may store even older information. You will find religious records of the same events (births, marriages and deaths) but, most important, you could go further back in time!
So in case you would like to go back in centuries, it’s good for you to know that the parish registers in Emilia Romagna started during 1500!
They are far less accessible expecially from abroad and very hard to read and decipher if you are not used and skilled.
But our local genealogists, are graduated in history and archivistics so, with their expertise, they can research the church registers of Ravenna on your behalf.
In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Ravenna:
IMMACOLATA CONCEZIONE IN COCCOLIA – Via Ravegnana, 849 – Coccolia
MADONNA DELL’ALBERO – Via Cella, 99
MADONNA DELLA FIDUCIA – Via Faentina, 179 – Fornace Zarattini
NATIVITA’ DI MARIA SS. – Via Piangipane – Piangipane
S. AGATA MAGGIORE – Via Mazzini, 46
S. ALBERTO – P.zza Garibaldi, 12 – Sant’ Alberto
S. ANDREA APOSTOLO – Via Massa, 88 – Massa Castello
S. ANTONIO ABATE – Via Guiccioli, 25 – Sant’ Antonio
S. APOLLINARE IN CLASSE – Via Romea Sud, 216 – Classe
S. APOLLINARE IN LONGANA – Via Ravegnana, 551 – Longana
S. BARTOLOMEO – Via Dismano, 663 – San Zaccaria
S. BARTOLOMEO IN LONGANA – Via Argine Destro Canale Molin
S. BIAGIO – Via Chiesa, 7
S. BIAGIO IN RONCALCECI – Via Babini, 244 – Roncalceci
S. CASSIANO – Via Trava, 2 – Campiano
S. CLEMENTE – Via Mandriole, 182 – Mandriole
S. GIACOMO MAGGIORE – Via Gambellara, 79 – Gambellara
S. GIOVANNI APOSTOLO – Via Villanova, 64 – Villanova
S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA – Via G.Rossi, 45
S. GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA – Via Carducci, 10
S. GIOVANNI IN FONTE – Via Battistero, 2
S. GIUSEPPE – Via Tito Speri, 22 – Marina di Ravenna
S. GIUSEPPE E MARIA SS. – Via S.Egidio – Camerlona
S. GIUSEPPE OPERAIO – Viale Mattei
S. LORENZO – P.zza Marradi, 10 – Casal Borsetti
S. LORENZO IN CESAREA – Via Romea, 88
S. LORENZO IN S. PIETRO IN VINCOLI – Via Gambellara, 3
S. MARCO – Via del Borgo, 1 – San Marco
S. MARIA ASSUNTA – P.zza Italia, 1 – Savarna
S. MARIA DEL TORRIONE – Via Fiume Abbandonato, 102
S. MARIA DELLE CROCI – Via Missiroli, 10
S. MARIA GORETTI – Via Romea, 412 – Fosso Ghiaia
S. MARIA IN DURAZZANO – Via Chiesa, 3 – Durazzano
S. MARIA IN PORTO – Via di Roma, 19
S. MARIA IN PORTO FUORI – Via Stradone, 46 – Porto Fuori
S. MARIA IN SULO – Via Roncalceci, 111 – Filetto
S. MARIA NASCENTE – Via Santerno – Ammonite
S. MASSIMIANO – Piazza San Massimiano, 8
S. MASSIMILIANO KOLBE – Via Marconi – Lido Adriano
S. MICHELE – Via A. Carracci, 2 – San Michele
S. NICOLA – Via Mensa – Mensa Matellica
S. PANTALEONE – Via Zignani, 44
S. PAOLO APOSTOLO – Viale Berlinguer
S. PAOLO IN DUCENTA – Via Chiesa, 6 – Ducenta
S. PIER DAMIANO – Via Capodistria, 7
S. PIETRO – Via del Sale – San Pietro in Campiano
S. PIETRO MAGGIORE – P.zza S.Francesco
S. ROCCO – Via Castel S.Pietro, 26
S. ROMUALDO – P.zza S.Romualdo, 15 – San Romualdo
S. SEVERO – Via Dismano, 55
S. SISTO – Via Santerno, 339 – Santerno
S. STEFANO – Via Cella, 463 – Santo Stefano
S. VITALE – Via Pietro Traversari, 10
S. VITTORE E COMPAGNI MARTIRI – Via Narsete, 30
SACRO CUORE – Viale Pineta, 17 – Porto Corsini
SANTI PIETRO E PAOLO IN SAN PIETRO IN TRENTO – Via Taverna, 67 – San Pietro in Trento
SANTI SIMONE E GIUDA – Via Antica Milizia, 54
SS. REDENTORE – Via Fermi, 10
Anyway for our experience, if you plan to come here, we always suggest to start the research months before the arrival.
In this way you will avoid to waste your holidays in the offices or in the churches dealing with italian bureaucracy .
(Remember that archives are not open to public and officers and priests are not required by law to give you access to the local archives)
With the results gathered by our genealogist before your arrival, you will have more free time to visit the town and surroundings on your ancestors footsteps.
Another important source of information are the notary documents available to expert researchers in the State Archives.
If you need a professional help from our local genealogist in Ravenna area , write to ravenna@italianside.com or fill the form here.
Our expert will study your request and will reply to you with a plan and a quote for your family research.
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