City of Naples Vital Records for Stato Civile Period

JosephBisazza

I am search for birth records for Nicola Ricciardi (b. 06 June 1886) and his brother Edgardo Italo (b. 27 November 1887) sons of Luigi Ricciardi and Adelina Maria Perna. They were born in one of the Quarters of Naples, perhaps San Ferdinando or Montecalvario. I am not finding any records past 1865 for the city of Naples (proper) only surrounding Communes which are not helpful. Can anyone find these birth records or direct me to where I may search for them myself. I have tried, Wiki on Family Search, Ancestri, and Antenati all with no success past 1865.

Any help is much appreciated.

joseph99929

@JosephBisazza

The civil records for Napoli proper are not online past 1865. There are plans by FamilySearch to digitize them in the 2020s.

A very small number of civil records exist for the period 1866-1900 at the Archivio di Stato di Napoli (for in-person research or also by correspondence if you know the exact date and section of the act). For a list of available records, see: http://media.regesta.com/dm_0/ASNA/xdamsProgettareFuturo/allegati/IT/ASNA/CATA/LOGO/0002340/IT.ASNA.CATA.LOGO.0002340.0001.pdf

Otherwise, any civil record certificates (birth, marriage, death) have to requested through official channels, dealing with the comune of Napoli directly. This is not always straightforward, so many people who have ancestry in Napoli will use professional researchers or document retrieval services for this type of work.

There are 2 other genealogical sources to consider for Napoli:

1. Military records (for males only obviously), both the draft list (lista di leva) and the service record (ruolo matricolare), will provide birthdates and parents' names, not to mention other biographical details. Since military service was near-universal for males born after about 1844, this can be useful where civil records are unavailable. Military records can be requested by correspondence from the Archivio di Stato di Napoli if you know the exact details, which it appears you do.
2. All church marriages in the city of Napoli required what was called a processetto (pre-marriage interviews) and those records survive at the Archivio Diocesano di Napoli (contact: http://www.archiviodiocesinapoli.it/). They can be consulted in-person or also by correspondence if you know the rough year of marriage. These processetti files include baptism certificates which can provide an alternative to civil records to obtain birthdates and parents' names and therefore successfully build a genealogy even in the absence of civil records.