Distretto militare di Orvieto

History and territorial extent

• Before 1877, the circondario of Orvieto was under the authority of the Distretto militare di Perugia.
• The Distretto militare di Orvieto was established in 1877 (l. 22 mar. 1877, n. 3750). It initially covered the circondario of Orvieto and the circondario of Viterbo (Lazio).
• In 1920, the district was redefined to include the circondari of Orvieto, Terni, and Rieti; Viterbo became a separate district (r.d. 13 mag. 1920, n. 607).
• The distrct was suppressed in 1956, its responsibilities transferred to the Distretto militare di Viterbo.

(SAN producer record)

Archival holdings

Viterbo

The Archivio di Stato di Viterbo preserves a substantial body of records relating to the Distretto militare di Orvieto:

• 400 registers and 45 indexes (birth years 1876–1917) (SIAS)

Orvieto

Some records of the Distretto militare di Orvieto are held by the Orvieto section of the Archivio di Stato di Terni (SIAS catalog entry). Their holdings include:

• Liste di leva (conscription lists), 1839–1874, 7 registers
• Liste dei riformati (lists of exempted men), 1874–1899, 2 registers
• Ruoli iscritti (enlistment rolls), 1843–1865, 101 registers
• Ruoli e fogli matricolari (rolls and service records), 1836–1891, 12 registers + 19 files

The earliest dates given (before the district’s creation in 1877) correspond to the birth years of the conscripts.

Rome

Additional residual documentation is preserved by the Archivio di Stato di Roma — see SAN catalog entry:

• Ruoli matricolari (1859–1895)
• Milizia volontaria per la sicurezza nazionale (1881–1915)
• Indexes of ruoli matricolari (1866–1894).

Digitized records

Indices of military draft rolls (ruoli matricolari) for the district of Orvieto are available online through the Archivio di Stato di Viterbo.

These include:

• Ruoli matricolari Orvieto. Parte prima (1876–1912)
• Ruoli matricolari Orvieto. Parte seconda (1913–1937)
• Ruoli matricolari Viterbo-Orvieto (1850–1915)