Record Atlas
5 eras · 1406–2026 · 910 places

The Veneto

Venice, Padua, Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, Belluno. 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
1406–1797 Republic of Venice — the Terraferma Antenati · FamilySearch

Venice took Treviso and Bassano del Grappa in 1339; the fall of the Carrara of Padua is dated 1406.

1797–1806 Austria — Venetia (Treaty of Campo Formio) Antenati · FamilySearch · ANNO — Austrian Newspapers Online

The Treaty of Campo Formio gave Venice to Austria on 17 October 1797.

1806–1814 Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy Antenati · FamilySearch

Gained by the Treaty of Pressburg of 26 December 1805; Venetia's annexation was announced on 30 March 1806 and ratified on 1 May.

1814–1866 Austria — Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Antenati · FamilySearch · ANNO — Austrian Newspapers Online

The kingdom was formally established on 9 June 1815. Venice was an independent republic from 22 March 1848 until Austria retook it on 24 August 1849.

1866–2026 Italy — Veneto Antenati · FamilySearch

The Treaty of Vienna of 12 October 1866 ceded Venetia to France, which handed it to Italy on 19 October; a plebiscite on 21–22 October confirmed 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, 1406–2026, 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.

910 places on this ground

The 200 carrying the most collections are listed; 710 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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