Amelia

Jurisdictions

• Diocese: Amelia (1873); Terni–Narni–Amelia (modern)
• Tribunale: Spoleto (1892), Terni (1989)
• Military district: Perugia (1870–1877), Spoleto (1877–1920), Orvieto (1920–1956)

Stato Civile

• Office contact:

  • Email (Stato Civile): ufficio.demografico [at] comune.amelia.tr.it

• Library / Archivio storico contact:

  • Email: biblioteca [at] comune.amelia.tr.it

⚠️ All records listed below are held by the Comune di Amelia. Biblioteca comunale Luciano Lama – Archivio storico.

• Known holdings (Comune – SIUSA – Amelia):

  • Italian civil records: 1860–1992 (335 regg.: births, marriages, deaths, citizenship, decennial and quinquennial indexes, causes of death)
  • Parish books: 1564–1861 (168 regg.)
  • French civil records: 1810–1814 (23 regg.: births, marriages, deaths, leva)

• Known holdings (Comune – SIUSA – Porchiano del Monte):

  • Italian civil records: 1860–1880 (4 regg.: citizenship, births, deaths, decennial index)
  • Parish books: 1593–1860 (12 regg.: baptisms, marriages, deaths)
  • French civil records: none held

• Known holdings (State Archives, Terni):

  • Italian civil records: 1861–1900 (Porchiano del Monte and Amelia; fully digitized, see Portale Antenati)
  • Parish books: none held
  • French civil records: none held

• Known holdings (Diocese / parishes):

  • see Parishes and Frazioni

Parishes and Frazioni

Amelia (town)

Parish of Santa Firmina

• Santa Firmina: baptisms (1564–1861; 31 regg.), confirmations (1635; 1 reg.), marriages (1582–1860; 11 regg.), deaths (1616–1860; 8 regg.)

Parish of Santa Lucia

• Santa Lucia: marriages (1565–1860; 15 regg.), deaths (1598–1860; 17 regg.), status animarum (1849; 1 reg.)
  • Santa Lucia Vergine Martire, Amelia, 1598–1860 (Catalog 502689)

Parish of Santa Maria in Monticelli

• Santa Maria in Monticelli: baptisms (1846–1860; 1 reg.), marriages (1846–1861; 1 reg.), deaths (1846–1860; 1 reg.)
  • Monticelli (Catalog) (mistakenly listed as Monticelli, Parma)

Parish of Santa Maria dell’Olmo

• Santa Maria dell’Olmo: marriages (1602–1860; 17 regg.), deaths (1616–1860; 15 regg.)
  • Santa Maria dell’Olmo, Amelia, 1602–1860 (Catalog 502367)

Parish of Santa Maria della Porta

• Santa Maria della Porta: marriages (1623–1860; 7 regg.), deaths (1597–1860; 9 regg.)
  • Santa Maria di Porta, Amelia, 1572–1860 (Catalog 502402)

Parish of Santa Croce

• Santa Croce, Amelia, 1565–1583 (Catalog 502614)

Parish of Amelia

• Parrocchia di Amelia (Catalog 483228)

Collicello

Parish of San Giovanni evangelista

• San Giovanni evangelista: baptisms (1743–1860; 3 regg.), marriages (1702–1860; 3 regg.), deaths (1743–1860; 2 regg.)
  • Collicello, 1612–1860 (Catalog 502413)

Foce

Parish of San Gregorio martire

• San Gregorio martire: baptisms (1730–1860; 4 regg.), marriages (1730–1860; 2 regg.), deaths (1730–1860; 2 regg.)
  • Foce, 1730–1860 (Catalog 502448)

Fornole

Parish of San Pietro apostolo

• San Pietro apostolo: marriages (1622–1860; 1 reg.), deaths (1814–1860; 2 regg.)
  • Fornole, 1622–1860 (Catalog 502526)

Macchie

Parish of San Nicola

• San Nicola: baptisms (1760–1860; 2 regg.), marriages (1683–1860; 2 regg.), deaths (1681–1860; 2 regg.)
  • Macchie, 1681–1860 (Catalog 502574)

Monte Campano

Parish of San Pietro ad vincula

• San Pietro ad vincula: baptisms (1784–1860; 1 reg.), marriages (1725–1860; 1 reg.), deaths (1725–1860; 1 reg.)
  • Montecampano, 1725–1860 (Catalog 502595)

Sambucetole

Parish of San Matteo

• San Matteo: baptisms (1772–1860; 2 regg.), marriages (1709–1860; 2 regg.), deaths (1768–1860; 1 reg.)
  • Sambucetole, 1709–1860 (Catalog 502608)

Porchiano del Monte

Parish of San Simeone

• San Simeone: baptisms (1593–1860; 5 regg., last also includes marriages and deaths), marriages (1658–1856; 3 regg.), deaths (1597–1856; 4 regg.)
  • Porchiano, 1593–1865 (Catalog 502603)

⚠️ The Statistica della popolazione dello Stato Pontificio dell’anno 1853 lists a parish of San Michele Arcangelo in Porchiano, not San Simeone.

Military Records

• Liste di leva: (1861–1943; 17 registers) (held by Comune di Amelia)
• Ruoli matricolari: (1862–1930; 11 registers) (held by Comune di Amelia)

Border changes

According to the Atlante Storico Istituzionale dell’Italia unita:

• In 1876, the suppressed municipality of Porchiano del Monte was annexed to Amelia.

Digitized Records

• FamilySearch:

  • Italian civil records:

    • Amelia, 1860–1900 (Catalog 778830) – not viewable online
    • Registri dello stato civile di Porchiano, 1860–1900 (Catalog 778876) – not viewable online

  • Parish registers: Many, see Parishes and Frazioni.

  • Other records:

    • Amelia Hospital records, 1755–1796 (Catalog 503230)

• Portale Antenati:

  Coverage includes Amelia (186 series) and the former municipality of Porchiano del Monte (124 series).

  • Citizenship: 45 series
  • Marriages: 55 series + 7 indexes
  • Marriage banns: 24 series
  • Deaths: 79 series + 8 indexes
  • Births: 85 series + 7 indexes

  See Portale Antenati catalog entry.

• ItalianParishRecords.org:

  See Parishes and Frazioni.

  Full list available on the Italian Parish Records entry.

Brogliardi

The brogliardi for this municipality are available through the Archivio di Stato di Roma’s digital portal.

⚠️ Coverage currently includes the immediate town of Amelia only. The brogliardi for frazioni and outlying areas exist but have not yet been digitized.

Additional Notes

• none.

References

• SIUSA – Comune di Amelia
• Portale Antenati – Archivio di Stato di Terni
• Italian Parish Records – Amelia