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6 eras · 756–2026 · 234 places

Lazio (the Papal heartland)

Rome, Viterbo, Frosinone, Velletri, Anagni. 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
756–1798 Papal States FamilySearch

Rome and the surrounding Duchy of Rome became part of the Papal States in 756, after the Donation of Pepin.
1798–1799 Roman Republic (French-backed) FamilySearch

Declared in February 1798 by General Berthier; Neapolitan troops ended it in October 1799.
1799–1809 Papal States, restored FamilySearch

Papal rule was formally restored in June 1800 after a French reoccupation.
1809–1814 French Empire FamilySearch

Napoleon annexed the rest of the Papal States, including Rome, on 17 May 1809.
1814–1870 Papal States, restored FamilySearch

Restored by the Congress of Vienna. A Roman Republic was declared in February 1849 and suppressed by French forces; Lazio was the only former papal territory still under the pope after March 1861.
1870–2026 Italy — Lazio Antenati · FamilySearch

Italian forces captured Rome on 20 September 1870 and a plebiscite in October annexed it.

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, 756–2026, 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.

234 places on this ground

The 200 carrying the most collections are listed; 34 more stand on this ground. Every place has them all.

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.

…and 198 more.

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