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4 eras · 872–2026 · 53 places

Southern Lazio — the Pontine coast and the old Neapolitan border

Terracina, Anzio, Nettuno, Fondi, Formia, Gaeta, Sora. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
872–1798 Papal States, on the border with Naples Archivio di Stato di Roma · Archivio di Stato di Latina · FamilySearch

Pope John VIII brought Terracina under the Holy See in 872 and the first papal conclave outside Rome met there in 1088. Neapolitan influence grew after 1357, and Gaeta and Formia were traditionally part of the Kingdom of Naples.
1798–1818 French annexation: department of Circeo Archivio di Stato di Roma

A revolt in 1798 against annexation to the Circeo département was suppressed.
1818–1934 Border between the Papal States and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Archivio di Stato di Roma · Archivio di Stato di Caserta · Archivio di Stato di Latina · Antenati · FamilySearch

The Concordat of 1818 between Pius VII and Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies officially set the border between the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples at Terracina. Gaeta and Formia belonged to the region of Campania until 1934.
1934–2026 Italy: Province of Latina Archivio di Stato di Latina · Archivio di Stato di Frosinone · Antenati · FamilySearch

The Province of Latina was founded on 18 December 1934, mainly from drained Agro Pontino land previously in the province of Rome. The Pontine Marshes were drained under the Fascist government, and Sabaudia and Latina were built for workers from north-eastern Italy.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

See the whole span, 872–2026, on the map →

The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

53 places on this ground

258 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.

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