Genealogy in Caltanissetta

If you search your ancestors in Caltanissetta, in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicilia region, the documents about your Italian family are stored in the City Office archives and in the parishes in the town.

Civil Records in Caltanissetta

In towns and villages of Sicilia and in Caltanissetta province registry offices were established in 1809: it means that you could find your ancestors records in Caltanissetta town hall archives as of that date.

(If your goal is to claim your Italian Dual Citizenship in Caltanissetta follow this link).

So, if your ancestors lived in Caltanissetta during the past centuries, then you should start your family research from the City Office of Caltanissetta to know more: our local expert is ready to help you in your research!

Otherwise, if you think to contact the town hall by yourself, we suggest you to read our tips for your search. They are useful to search in Sicilia and of course in Caltanissetta too!

Next picture shows the demographic trends in Caltanissetta from the Italian Unification(1861).
This is a necessary info to understand how many people lived in the town in the past.

To proceed faster with your research is important to know if the last name you are investigating is a frequent surname in Caltanissetta. As more your surname is common, as more it could be difficult to find the right branch of your ancestors family in Caltanissetta archives, expecially if you have not exact dates.
It could be useful for you to know that some of the most common surnames in Caltanissetta province are:
Alessi, Amato, Amico, Anzalone, Burgio, Cammarata, Caruso, Cascino, Catalano, Di Dio, Falzone, Faraci, Ferrara, Ferrigno, Giannone, Giardina, Giordano, Giunta, Greco, Licata, Lombardo, Macaluso, Mancuso, Marino, Martorana, Mastrosimone, Messina, Milazzo, Mistretta, Morreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Palumbo, Piazza, Polizzi, Riggi, Rizzo, Romano, Russo, Sanfilippo, Scicolone, Sorce, Spinello, Valenza, Vella, Ventura, Vullo.

Church Records in Caltanissetta

Church archives in Caltanissetta province may store even older information. You will find religious records of the same events (births, marriages and deaths) but, most important, you could go further back in time!
So in case you would like to go back in centuries, it’s good for you to know that the parish registers in Caltanissetta started during 1500!

They are far less accessible from abroad (and even not easy to browse and to read if you are not used and skilled) but our local genealogist can research the church archives of Caltanissetta on your behalf.

In case you want to visit churches, these are the addresses of parishes active today in Caltanissetta:

ASCENSIONE – Contrada Catusi Villa Ascione

CUORE DI GESU’ – C.da Cozzo di Naro

REDENZIONE – 93100 CALTANISSETTA CL

REGINA PACIS – P.zza Ungheria

S. AGATA – Corso Umberto I

S. BARBARA – Corso Italia

S. BIAGIO – Via Leone XIII

S. CROCE – Via Vespri Siciliani, 3

S. DOMENICO – Via S. Domenico

S. FLAVIA – Via Madonna di Fatima

S. GIUSEPPE – Via S. Giuseppe, 6

S. LUCA – Viale Candura, 22

S. LUCIA – Corso Umberto I

S. MARCO – C.da Pinzelli

S. MARIA DELLA PROVVIDENZA – Via Goldoni

S. MARIA LA NOVA (CATTEDRALE) – P.zza Garibaldi

S. MICHELE ARCANGELO – Via Sallemi, 120

S. PAOLO – Via F. Turati

S. PIETRO – Via Romagnoli

S. PIO X – Via Napoleone Colajanni

S. ROSALIA IN NISCIMA – C.da Niscima

S. SPIRITO – C.da S. Spirito

SACRO CUORE – Via Sacro Cuore, 7

SS. CROCIFISSO IN BORGO PETILIA – C.da Borgo Petilia

S. BIAGIO – Via Leone XIII

S. GIUSEPPE – Via S. Giuseppe, 6

S. GIUSEPPE – Via S. Giuseppe, 6

S. MICHELE ARCANGELO – Via Sallemi, 120

S. PIO X – Via Napoleone Colajanni

Anyway for our experience, even if you plan to come here, we always suggest to start the research months before the arrival: in this way you will avoid to waste time in the offices or in the churches dealing with italian bureaucracy and you will have more free time to visit the town and surroundings on your ancestors footsteps, starting from the info gathered by our genealogists.

Another important source of information are the notary documents available to expert researchers in the National archive in Caltanissetta.
If you are in Sicily and you are able to decipher old italian handwritten documents you can reach the archive here:
Archivio di Stato di Caltanissetta
Address: via P. Borsellino, 2/2a – Caltanissetta
Phone: +390934591600
Days and opening hours: mon, wed, thu, sat: 8,00 – 13,30; tue, fri: 8,00 – 18,00 weekly closing: Sunday; no reservation

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Our expert in Caltanissetta area will study your request and will reply to you with a plan and a quote for your family research.

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