Il Portale – the website of the Italian Beneculturali which is publishing civil records from all over Italy – yesterday published the information that the digitization of the registers of the ‘Ruoli matricolare’ for the military district of Frosinone was still in progress but that 106,000 records were already accessible. They are still working on  1881-1883 and 1885-1887.

Angel Research has been following the digitization project with interest and mentioned this indexing project in a recent post Finding Foglio Matricolare.

This is a great resource for those who are searching for an ancestor and not 100% sure of the town of birth, or parents names.

To search the index you will need to download the pdf file for the year(s) you need to search.  It cannot be searched while on line.

But let’s be clear about what they have done.

They have taken the ‘Foglio Matricolare’ that they have in storage and entered the relevant information into a searchable database.  This does not include information on those males who were exempted from military service.

For the Archivio di Stato in Frosinone it should be noted that some of the Foglio matricolare for their military district were sent to the Archivio di Stato in Latina and vice versa.  These persons may be found in the Lista di Leva but not in this new list created from the Foglio matricolare actually on site in Frosinone.

The following towns were included in the Military District of Frosinone from 1870

Acquafondata

Acuto

Alatri

Alvito

Amaseno

Anagni

Anticoli di Campagna (Fiuggi)

Aquino

Arce

Arnara

Arpino

Artena

Atina

Ausonia

Bassiano

Belmonte Castello

Boville Ernica

Broccostella

Campoli Appennino

Carpineto Romano

Casalattico

Casalvieri

Cassino

Castelliri

Castelnuovo Parano

Castro dei Volsci

Castrocielo

Ceccano

Ceprano

Cervaro

Cisterna di Roma

Colfelice

Colle San Magno

Collepardo

Coreno Ausonio

Cori

Esperia

Falvaterra

Ferentino

Filettino

Fontana Liri

Fontechiari

Frosinone

Fumone

Gavignano

Giulianello

Giuliano di Roma

Gorga

Guarcino

Isola del Liri

Labico

Maenza

Monte San Giovanni Campano

Montelanico

Morolo

Norma

Paliano

Pastena

Patrica

Pescosolido

Picinisco

Pico

Piedimonte San Germano

Piglio

Pignataro Interamna

Pisterzo

Pofi

Pontecorvo

Piperno (Priverno)

Prossedi

Ripi

Rocca d’Arce

Rocca Massima

Roccagorga

Roccasecca

Roccasecca dei Volsci

San Biagio Saracinisco

San Donato Val di Comino

San Felice Circeo

San Giorgio a Liri

San Giovanni Incarico

San Vittore del Lazio

Sant’Ambrogio sul Garigliano

Sant’Andrea di Vallefredda

Sant’Apollinare

Sant’Elia Fiumerapido

Santopadre

Segni

Sermoneta

Serrone

Settefrati

Sezze

Sgurgola

Sonnino

Sora

Strangolagalli

Supino

Terelle

Terracina

Torre Cajetani

Torrice

Trevi nel Lazio

Trivigliano

Vallecorsa

Vallefredda

Vallerotonda

Valmontone

Velletri

Veroli

Vicalvi

Vico nel Lazio

Villa Latina

Villa Santa Lucia

Villa Santo Stefano

Viticuso

It’s a great resource but remember you will still have to request a copy of the actual military record from the Archivio di Stato di Frosinone. Do include all the information found on the digitized list in your request.    Once they have found the record you will be asked by email to forward a small fee by ‘vaglia postale’ (a cheque from the post office in Italy).

I am unclear how this works from outside Italy since the Archivio di Stato does not even have its own bank account that can receive your money.  You could try sending cash but make sure it is Euro.  The problem for them is that if you send paper money they have to figure out a way to send you change.

Many people request copies of records then abandon the project due to the difficulties of sending the money.  This is time-consuming for the archive staff especially when they have your information on hold for months at a time waiting to see if you will send the money.

As a cooperative effort with the Archivio di Stato di Frosinone,   Angel research and Genealogical Services have arranged to act as go between so you can receive these copies as easily and quickly as possible.

For a printed, certified copy sent by post and/or email   –   75 Euro includes archive fees and mailing costs.

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